What RNA world? Why a peptide/rna partnership merits renewed experimental attention

Life

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 294-320

  Carter, Charles W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Catalysis; Enzyme superfamilies; Operational RNA code; Sense antisense genetic coding; tRNA acceptor stem recognition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922022547     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20751729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/life5010294     Document Type: Review

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