Progress in Nucleic Acid Research and Molecular Biology, Volume 58 (Progress in Nucleic Acid Research and Molecular Biology)
Edition: 1st edition
Publisher: Academic Press
Published: September 15, 1998
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 404
ISBN-13: 9780125400589
Subjects: Genetics (non-medical); Molecular biology; Nucleic Acids; Science; Science/Mathematics; General; Life Sciences - Biology - Molecular Biology; Medical-General; Science / Microbiology; Science / Molecular Biology; Life Sciences - Biochemistry
First sentence: RNA catalysis was co-discovered by S. Altman, who found the MI RNA of RNAse P could catalytically cleave and process the 5' terminus of the tRNA precursor (1), and by T. Cech, who found the tetrahymena ribosomal RNA intron had autocatalytic activity (2).