The RNA dreamtime: Modern cells feature proteins that might have supported a prebiotic polypeptide world but nothing indicates that RNA world ever was

BioEssays

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 866-871

  Kurland, Charles G ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Domain selection; Non ribosomal peptidyl transferase; Polypeptides; Proteolysis; Ribozymes

Indexed keywords

POLYPEPTIDE; PREBIOTIC AGENT; RIBONUCLEASE P; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; RIBOSOME RNA; RIBOZYME; RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CATALYSIS; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; RNA TRANSLATION;

AMINO ACIDS; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEINS; RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS; RNA;

EID: 77957193832     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: 15211878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.201000058     Document Type: Review

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