Crick's Adaptor Hypothesis and the Discovery of Transfer RNA: Experiment Surpassing Theoretical Prediction

Crick's Adaptor Hypothesis and the Discovery of Transfer RNA: Experiment Surpassing Theoretical Prediction

Historically, hypotheses failed in most cases to correctly forecast the workings of complex biological systems. Francis Crick’s adaptor hypothesis, however, stands out as an exceptional case of a confirmed abstract prediction. This hypothesis presciently anticipated the existence of RNA adaptors tha...

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Main Author: Michael Fry
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Michigan Publishing 2022-04-01
Series:Philosophy, Theory, and Practice in Biology
Subjects:
protein synthesis
adaptor hypothesis
transfer RNA
Francis Crick
Mahlon Hoagland
Paul Zamecnik
Online Access:https://journals.publishing.umich.edu/ptpbio/article/id/2628/

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