On the origin of DNA genomes: Evolution of the division of labor between template and catalyst in model replicator systems

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Takeuchi, Nobuto ^a   Hogeweg, Paulien ^b   Koonin, Eugene V ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYST ACTIVITY; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; GENES; RNA;

COMPARTMENT MODELING; DIVISION OF LABOR; FUNDAMENTAL PROPERTIES; GENOME EVOLUTION; LIVING SYSTEMS; REPLICATORS; RNA WORLD; SURFACE MODELING; TRADE OFF; ]+ CATALYST;

DNA;

DNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; GENOMIC DNA; RNA; RNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; TRANSCRIPTASE; DNA;

ARTICLE; BIOCATALYSIS; COMPARTMENT MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPLICATION; DNA TEMPLATE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PARASITE VIABILITY; PARASITISM; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RESPONSE SURFACE METHOD; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION; RNA REPLICATION; RNA SYNTHESIS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME;

DNA; DNA REPLICATION; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME; MODELS, GENETIC; RNA; TEMPLATES, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 79953652239     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002024     Document Type: Article

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