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SUBMITTER: Mace K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5041485 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nucleic acids research 20160802 17
The RNA world hypothesis refers to the early period on earth in which RNA was central in assuring both genetic continuity and catalysis. The end of this era coincided with the development of the genetic code and protein synthesis, symbolized by the apparition of the first non-random messenger RNA (mRNA). Modern transfer-messenger RNA (tmRNA) is a unique hybrid molecule which has the properties of both mRNA and transfer RNA (tRNA). It acts as a key molecule during trans-translation, a major quali ...[more]