Ribozymes are the RNA molecules with catalytic activity. They were
discovered in early 1980s by Thomas Cech and Sidney Altman who shared the 1989
Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
Review Articles:
The Varkud
satellite ribozyme - RNA, 2004.
Recent developments in the hammerhead ribozyme field
- Nuclei Acids Research, 1998.
Nucleic
Acid Therapeutics: State of the Art and Future Prospects - Blood, 1998.
Site of Interest:
The
RNA World - by Brig Klyce
Discuss the possibility that ribozymes could be the origin of life.
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