Tag mechanism as a strategy for the RNA replicase to resist parasites in the RNA world.

The idea that life may have started with an "RNA world" is attractive. Wherein, a crucial event (perhaps at the very beginning of the scenario) should have been the emergence of a ribozyme that catalyzes its own replication, i.e., an RNA replicase. Although now there is experimental eviden...

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Main Authors: Sanmao Wu, Chunwu Yu, Wentao Zhang, Shaolin Yin, Yong Chen, Yu Feng, Wentao Ma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5333815?pdf=render