The genomic tag hypothesis: modern viruses as molecular fossils of ancient strategies for genomic replication, and clues regarding the origin of protein synthesis
Biol Bull
.
1999 Jun;196(3):327-8; discussion 329-30.
doi: 10.2307/1542962.
Authors
A M Weiner
1
,
N Maizels
Affiliation
1
Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8024, USA.
PMID:
10390830
DOI:
10.2307/1542962
No abstract available
Publication types
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
Review
MeSH terms
DNA / biosynthesis*
DNA Replication
Evolution, Molecular
Fossils
Genome, Viral*
Protein Biosynthesis*
RNA, Transfer / physiology*
Viruses / genetics*
Substances
DNA
RNA, Transfer