Ribozymes: catalytic RNAs that cut things, make things, and do odd and useful jobs.
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Catalytic RNAs, or ribozymes, are a fossil record of the ancient molecular evolution of life on earth and still provide the essential core of macromolecule synthesis in all life forms today. Are they also an avenue to the development of new catalysts to recreate evolution, or to use as therapeutics and molecule sensors.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Biologist
دوره 49 5 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2002