The origin of the tRNA molecule: Independent data favor a specific model of its evolution

Biochimie

Volumn 94, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1464-1466

  Di Giulio, Massimo ^a,b  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND BIOPHYSICS ADRIANO BUZZATI TRAVERSO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Double hairpin; Evolutionary precursors; Evolutionary stages; Evolutionary transitions; Hairpin; Molecular fossils

Indexed keywords

SHORT HAIRPIN RNA; TRANSFER RNA;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EVOLUTION; EXON; HYPOTHESIS; INTRON; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; REVIEW; RNA STRUCTURE;

BASE SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; INVERTED REPEAT SEQUENCES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RNA, TRANSFER;

EID: 84861648979     PISSN: 03009084     EISSN: 61831638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2012.01.014     Document Type: Review

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