Montmorillonite protection of an UV-irradiated hairpin ribozyme: evolution of the RNA world in a mineral environment

BACKGROUND: The hypothesis of an RNA-based origin of life, known as the "RNA world", is strongly affected by the hostile environmental conditions probably present in the early Earth. In particular, strong UV and X-ray radiations could have been a major obstacle to the formation and evoluti...

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Autores principales: Biondi, Elisa, Branciamore, Sergio, Maurel, Marie-Christine, Gallori, Enzo
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central|1 2007
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1963481/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17767730
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-7-S2-S2

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1963481/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17767730
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-7-S2-S2

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