The chemical versatility of RNA

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 366, Issue 1580, 2011, Pages 2929-2935

  Hiller, David A ^a   Strobel, Scott A ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cofactor; Nucleobase catalysis; Peptide bond formation; Ribozyme; RNA world; Two metal ion mechanism

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL BONDING; DNA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; PROTEIN; RNA;

EID: 80052938736     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2011.0143     Document Type: Review

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