Building the RNA world. Ribozymes.
The isolation of an RNA enzyme with RNA replicase activity, at present only a hypothetical molecule, is considerably closer following the recent demonstration of RNA-catalyzed polymerization of nucleoside triphosphates.
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Department of Chemistry, Scripps Research Institute, 10666 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, California 92037, USA.
D001704:Biopolymers; D002384:Catalysis; D009711:Nucleotides / Q000378:metabolism; D016337:RNA, Catalytic / Q000378:metabolism*; D012324:RNA-Dependent RNA Polymerase / Q000378:metabolism
D001704:Biopolymers; D009711:Nucleotides; D016337:RNA, Catalytic; D012324:RNA-Dependent RNA Polymerase