Abstract

The hammerhead ribozyme is a small RNA motif capable to cleave RNA endonucleolytically. Originally discovered in sub-viral plant pathogens, recent studies have uncovered the presence of this ribozyme in an unprecedented number of bacterial and eukaryal genomes. These findings have evolutionary implications on the origin of this ribozyme and pose the question of the biological function of the uncovered genomic motifs.

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