An exit cavity was crucial to the polymerase activity of the early ribosome

Astrobiology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 57-60

  Fox, George E ^a   Tran, Quyen ^a   Yonath, Ada ^b  

^a University of Houston   (United States)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Chirality; Prebiotic synthesis; Ribosomal RNA; Ribosome; RNA World

Indexed keywords

DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; PEPTIDE; RIBOSOME RNA;

AMINOACYLATION; ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; METABOLISM; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RIBOSOME;

AMINOACYLATION; BIOGENESIS; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RIBOSOMES; RNA, RIBOSOMAL;

EID: 84856392922     PISSN: 15311074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ast.2011.0692     Document Type: Article

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