Linking the RNA world to modern life: The proto-ribosome conception

Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 425-429

  Bashan, Anat ^a   Belousoff, Matthew J ^a   Davidovich, Chen ^a   Yonath, Ada ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Genetic code evolution; Peptide bond formation; Proto ribosome

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; CHEMICAL BONDING; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; ORIGIN OF LIFE; PEPTIDE; RNA;

EID: 77954925917     PISSN: 01696149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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