As both an informational molecule and a catalyst, RNA may hold clues to the emergence of genetic self-replication and the origins of life. The first, 1993 edition of this important work was acclaimed as unique and authoritative. The new edition has been revised, updated, and extended, and offers a completely current perspective on the modern world of RNA and the light it sheds on a prebiotic era perhaps dominated by this extraordinarily versatile molecule. This book is essential reading for everyone interested in the biology of nucleic acids, and is a valuable resource for teaching as well as investigative science.
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This chapter offers a description of some of the physical and chemical settings for the origin of life on Earth. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
replicase ribozyme, expanded genetic alphabet, retroplasmid reverse transcriptase, enzyme cascade model, minicircle sequence classes, templating domain, genomic tag hypothesis, archaeal endonuclease, polymerase ribozyme, prebiotic monomers, mammalian antizyme, intrastrand structure, aminoacyl stem, glycoaldehyde phosphate, spliceosome cycle, tetrahymena ribozyme reaction, major spliceosome, genomic tags, maturase activity, reverse splicing, molecular fossil record, polymerization using nucleoside triphosphates, template fidelity, coaxial stack, aptamer sequences Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Nucleic Acids Res, New York, Genes Dev, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, Second Edition, National Institutes of Health, Trends Biochem, Cell Biol, Origins Life Evol, Comments Sequence, United Kingdom, University of California, New Haven, Trends Genet, West Greenland, Proc Natl, Earth Planet, Precambrian Res, Western Australia, Academic Press, National Science Foundation, Boca Raton, Nucleic Acid Res, Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press New!
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replicase ribozyme, expanded genetic alphabet, retroplasmid reverse transcriptase, enzyme cascade model, minicircle sequence classes, templating domain, genomic tag hypothesis, archaeal endonuclease, polymerase ribozyme, prebiotic monomers, mammalian antizyme, intrastrand structure, aminoacyl stem, glycoaldehyde phosphate, spliceosome cycle, tetrahymena ribozyme reaction, major spliceosome, genomic tags, maturase activity, reverse splicing, molecular fossil record, polymerization using nucleoside triphosphates, template fidelity, coaxial stack, aptamer sequences Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Nucleic Acids Res, New York, Genes Dev, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, Second Edition, National Institutes of Health, Trends Biochem, Cell Biol, Origins Life Evol, Comments Sequence, United Kingdom, University of California, New Haven, Trends Genet, West Greenland, Proc Natl, Earth Planet, Precambrian Res, Western Australia, Academic Press, National Science Foundation, Boca Raton, Nucleic Acid Res, Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press New!
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- RNA Motifs and Regulatory Elements by Thomas Dandekar on 7 pages
- The Genetic Code and the Origin of Life (Molecular Biology Intelligence Unit) by Lluis Ribas de Pouplana on 5 pages
- RNA - Ligand Interactions, Part A: Structural Biology Methods, Volume 317 (Methods in Enzymology) by John N. Abelson on page 151, page 339, and page 361
- Intelligent Design or Evolution? Why the Origin of Life and the Evolution of Molecular Knowledge Imply Design by Stuart W Pullen in Front Matter, page 179, and page 195
- Biocomputing 2002 by Russ B. Altman on page 233
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