Functional RNAs exhibit tolerance for non-heritable 2′-5′ versus 3′-5′ backbone heterogeneity

Nature Chemistry

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 390-394

  Engelhart, Aaron E ^a   Powner, Matthew W ^a,b   Szostak, Jack W ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

BASE SEQUENCE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RNA;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84876824197     PISSN: 17554330     EISSN: 17554349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchem.1623     Document Type: Article

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