Una ribozima polimerasa de ARN cruzada y quiral de la ribozima.

Jonathan T Sczepanski1, Gerald F Joyce1

  • 1Department of Chemistry, The Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, California 92037, USA.

Nature
|November 4, 2014
PubMed
Resumen

Los investigadores desarrollaron una nueva polimerasa de ARN cruzado quiral que supera la inhibición quiral, lo que permite la replicación de las moléculas de ARN D y L. Este avance aborda un desafío clave en la comprensión del origen de la vida basada en ARN.

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