Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA.
RNA. 2013 May;19(5):589-90. doi: 10.1261/rna.038687.113.
Following the naming of the RNA World for the hypothetical biochemical world during very early life forms, the current world was named the Protein World. However, the astonishing high level of transcripts from virtually all chromosomes in an organism now found in eucaryotes, as well as their extensive roles in regulating gene expression, suggests that today's world should be labeled as the RNA-Protein World.
继 RNA 世界(假想的早期生命形式的生化世界)之后,当前的世界被命名为蛋白质世界。然而,令人惊讶的是,真核生物中几乎所有染色体的转录物水平都很高,而且它们在调节基因表达方面发挥着广泛的作用,这表明当今的世界应该被标记为 RNA-Protein 世界。