Enhancing the prebiotic relevance of a set of covalently self-assembling, autorecombining RNAs through in vitro selection

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 233-241

  Burton, Aaron S ^a   Lehman, Niles ^a  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autocatalysis; Azoarcus; Group I intron; In vitro selection; Molecular evolution; Recombination; Self replication

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; PREBIOTIC AGENT; RECOMBINASE; RIBOZYME;

ARTICLE; AZOARCUS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; DIRECTED MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; DRUG SCREENING; GENE DELETION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; HYDROGEN BOND; IN VITRO STUDY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

AZOARCUS; BASE SEQUENCE; CATALYSIS; DIRECTED MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; HYDROGEN BONDING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PREBIOTICS; RECOMBINASES; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, CATALYTIC; SEQUENCE DELETION;

AZOARCUS;

EID: 77952097812     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-010-9325-3     Document Type: Article

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