Borate Minerals Stabilize Ribose

A. Ricardo(University of Southern California), Matthew A. Carrigan(University of Southern California), A. N. Olcott(University of Southern California), Steven A. Benner(University of Southern California)
Science
January 9, 2004
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Abstract

Evidence for an “RNA world,” an episode of life on Earth during which RNA was the only genetically encoded component of biological catalysts, is found in the ribosome ([ 1 ][1]), catalytic RNA molecules ([ 2 ][2]), and contemporary metabolism ([ 3 ][3]). That RNA could form spontaneously and


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