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Nature Structural Biology  10, 672 - 673 (2003)
doi:10.1038/nsb0903-672

Ribozymes—a snip too far?

David M J Lilley

The author is in the Department of Biochemistry, The University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 5EH, United Kingdom. d.m.j.lilley@dundee.ac.uk

A recent study demonstrates that, when searching for the smallest active ribozymes, researchers may have thrown away parts that are important for functions.

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