How Amino Acids and Peptides Shaped the RNA World
The “RNA world” hypothesis is seen as one of the main contenders for a viable theory on the origin of life. Relatively small RNAs have catalytic power, RNA is everywhere in present-day life, the ribosome is seen as a ribozyme, and rRNA and tRNA are crucial for modern protein synthesis. However, this...
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Format: | Online |
Language: | English |
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MDPI
2015
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Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4390850/ |