Introduction to the RNA World
A partial summary of readings for Biol 801, The RNA World
Junichi Komoto
Graduate student, Section of Biochemistry & Biophysics, Department of Molecular Biosciences, The University of Kansas-Lawrence. Mentor: Fusao Takusagawa. © March-May 2000
Edited by Peter Gegenheimer,
Department of Molecular Biosciences, The University of Kansas-Lawrence.
Contents
 *Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
Section 4
 
References
Table of Contents
tRNA Tertiary Structure
Structure Determination Methods
The Hammerhead Ribozyme
In vitro Evolution of RNA
 
Reading list

Contents:

Section 1 - Introduction to RNA structure: the tertiary structure of transfer RNAPhe.
Section 2 - Methods for studying RNA structure and function.
Section 3 - A small catalytic RNA: the hammerhead ribozyme.
Section 4 - The creative power of mutation and selection: evolution in vitro.
References

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