Reflections of a Darwinian Engineer

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 81, Issue 5-6, 2015, Pages 146-149

  Joyce, Gerald F ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOZYME;

GENETICS; HISTORY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; SYSTEMATIC EVOLUTION OF LIGANDS BY EXPONENTIAL ENRICHMENT APTAMER TECHNIQUE; UNITED STATES;

EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; RNA, CATALYTIC; SELEX APTAMER TECHNIQUE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84948380823     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-015-9724-6     Document Type: Review

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