Transitioning to DNA genomes in an RNA world

Elife. 2017 Nov 1:6:e32330. doi: 10.7554/eLife.32330.

Abstract

The unexpected ability of an RNA polymerase ribozyme to copy RNA into DNA has ramifications for understanding how DNA genomes evolved.

Keywords: biochemistry; none; origins of life; polymerase; reverse transcriptase; ribozyme.

Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • DNA
  • DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases
  • RNA
  • RNA, Catalytic*
  • RNA-Directed DNA Polymerase

Substances

  • RNA, Catalytic
  • RNA
  • DNA
  • RNA-Directed DNA Polymerase
  • DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases