Study highlights allosteric regulation of RNA assembly during early evolution and its potential applications using the R3C ligase as a model

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Researchers from Tokyo University of Science have engineered a ribozyme structure which mimics the early RNA world and provides novel insights on the role of RNA in primitive life, to its various real-world applications.

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Professor Koji Tamura, Tokyo University of Science

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