The RNA worlds in context

Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1-5

  Cech, Thomas R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA;

ARTICLE; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RNA;

EID: 84863951596     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19430264     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/cshperspect.a006742     Document Type: Article

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