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these compounds form vesicles, provided that they contain at least 15 carbon atoms
Pier Luigi Luisi • The Emergence of Life: From Chemical Origins to Synthetic Biology
knots, and a myriad of other possible shapes.
Thomas R. Cech • The Catalyst: RNA and the Quest to Unlock Life's Deepest Secrets
ribozyme, a ribonucleic acid with enzymatic activity.
Thomas R. Cech • The Catalyst: RNA and the Quest to Unlock Life's Deepest Secrets
The U2 snRNA base-paired with a complementary sequence near the end of the intron, but it was a protein associated with the U2 snRNA that recognized the AG splice site.
Thomas R. Cech • The Catalyst: RNA and the Quest to Unlock Life's Deepest Secrets
SB that is based on chemical synthesis or chemical procedures without interfering with the extant genomes.
Pier Luigi Luisi • The Emergence of Life: From Chemical Origins to Synthetic Biology
RNA was discovered to be the secret power source behind the ribosome, the “mothership” in our cells that reads the code contained in messenger RNAs and then uses it to construct the proteins that power so much of life.
Thomas R. Cech • The Catalyst: RNA and the Quest to Unlock Life's Deepest Secrets
Because almost all enzymes are proteins and have no RNA, they are unfazed by RNase treatment.
Thomas R. Cech • The Catalyst: RNA and the Quest to Unlock Life's Deepest Secrets
the sequence at one end of the U1 snRNA fit together with the sequences at the start of the known human intron sequences,