Molecular basis for chiral selection in RNA aminoacylation

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 4745-4757

  Tamura, Koji ^a,b  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amino acid; Aminoacylation; Extended double helix; Homochirality; Origin of life; RNA; Stereochemistry

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; AMINO ACID TRANSFER RNA LIGASE; PHOSPHATE; TRANSFER RNA; AMINOACYL TRANSFER RNA; RNA;

AMINOACYLATION; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CHIRALITY; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; ENANTIOMER; GENETIC CODE; NUCLEOPHILICITY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERIZATION; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; STEREOCHEMISTRY; STEREOSPECIFICITY; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; METABOLISM; STEREOISOMERISM;

AMINO ACIDS; AMINOACYLATION; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RNA; RNA, TRANSFER, AMINO ACYL; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 79960796446     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms12074745     Document Type: Article

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