Self-replication reactions dependent on tertiary interaction motifs in an RNA ligase ribozyme

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 73, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 221-229

  Ohmori, Rei ^a   Saito, Hirohide ^a,b   Ikawa, Yoshiya ^c   Fujita, Yoshihiko ^a,b   Inoue, Tan ^a,b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

GNRA loop receptor; Primitive RNA evolution; Ribozyme; RNA tertiary interaction motifs; RNA world; Self replication; The origin of life

Indexed keywords

LIGASE; RIBOZYME;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; BINDING SITE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; KINETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE MOTIF; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RNA FOLDING; SYNTHESIS;

BASE PAIRING; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; KINETICS; LIGASES; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEOTIDE MOTIFS; RNA FOLDING; RNA, CATALYTIC;

EID: 84856338410     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-011-9471-2     Document Type: Article

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