In-ice evolution of RNA polymerase ribozyme activity

Nature Chemistry

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1011-1018

  Attwater, James ^a   Wochner, Aniela ^a   Holliger, Philipp ^a  

^a MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ICE; RIBOZYME; RNA; RNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE;

ADAPTATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COLD; CONFORMATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ARTICLE;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; BASE SEQUENCE; COLD TEMPERATURE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; ICE; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RNA; RNA REPLICASE; RNA, CATALYTIC;

EID: 84890042199     PISSN: 17554330     EISSN: 17554349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchem.1781     Document Type: Article

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