RNA in evolution

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: RNA

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 202-213

  Lehman, Niles ^a  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CYCLIC ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSE; CYCLIC AMP; DNA; MESSENGER RNA; PREBIOTIC AGENT; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; RIBOSOME RNA; RIBOZYME; RNA; TRANSFER RNA;

ARTICLE; DNA STRUCTURE; EUKARYOTIC CELL; EVOLUTION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INTRON; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBOSWITCH; RNA EDITING; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA SPLICING; RNA STRUCTURE; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONFORMATION; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PHYLOGENY; RNA; RNA, CATALYTIC;

EID: 84857138320     PISSN: 17577004     EISSN: 17577012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wrna.37     Document Type: Article

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