The meaning of a minuscule ribozyme

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 366, Issue 1580, 2011, Pages 2902-2909

  Yarus, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aminoacyl RNA; Aminoacylation; Peptidyl RNA; RNA; Translation

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; RNA;

EID: 80052938979     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2011.0139     Document Type: Article

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