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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 structural ones connecting all three.
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Received: 8 September 1999 / Accepted: 31 March 2000
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Harris, R., Elder, D. Ribozyme Relationships: The Hammerhead, Hepatitis Delta, and Hairpin Ribozymes Have a Common Origin. J Mol Evol 51, 182–184 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002390010079
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s002390010079