Origin of the 16S Ribosomal Molecule from Ancestor tRNAs

de Farias, ST; Rego, TG; Jose, MV

de Farias, ST (corresponding author), Univ Fed Paraiba, Dept Biol Mol, Lab Genet Evolut Paulo Leminsk, BR-58051900 Joao Pessoa, Paraiba, Brazil.; de Farias, ST (corresponding author), Network Res Chem Evolut Life NoRCEL, Leeds LS7 3RB, W Yorkshire, England.

JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR EVOLUTION, ; ():

Abstract

We tested the hypothesis that concatemers of ancestral tRNAs gave rise to the 16S ribosomal RNA. We built an ancestral sequence of proto-tRNAs that sh......

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