Zhang and Cech’s experiments confirmed what feature of ribozyme activity?

a. Ribozymes inhibit rates of biological
reactions.
d. Ribozymes can link amino acids together
even if their proteins are removed.
b. Ribozymes catalyze formation of the
fundamental linkage tying amino acids
together in proteins.
e. Ribozymes provide the possible solution
of whether proteins or nucleic acids come
first in evolution.
c. Ribozymes catalyze formation of the
fundamental linkage tying nucleic acids to
proteins.


B

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