Ribozyme relationships: The hammerhead, hepatitis delta, and hairpin ribozymes have a common origin

Authors
Harris, RJ Elder, D
Citation
Rj. Harris et D. Elder, Ribozyme relationships: The hammerhead, hepatitis delta, and hairpin ribozymes have a common origin, J MOL EVOL, 51(2), 2000, pp. 182-184
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Biology,"Experimental Biology
Journal title
JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR EVOLUTION
ISSN journal
00222844 → ACNP
Volume
51
Issue
2
Year of publication
2000
Pages
182 - 184
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-2844(200008)51:2<182:RRTHHD>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
The hammerhead and the hairpin ribozymes of plant viroids/virusoids and the hepatitis delta ribozyme were generally considered to be unrelated to one another. Here we report notable sequence interrelationships and some struct ural ones connecting all three.