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Since the discovery that RNA molecules can possess catalytic activities, ribozymes have become a fascinating field both for academic researchers and the pharmaceutical industry. In this review, we emphasize the latest progress made in structure determination of ribozymes as well as the generation of DNA and RNA enzymes with novel catalytic properties by combinatorial approaches.

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Famulok, M., Jenne, A. (1999). Catalysis Based on Nucleic Acid Structures. In: Schmidtchen, F.P., et al. Implementation and Redesign of Catalytic Function in Biopolymers. Topics in Current Chemistry, vol 202. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-48990-8_4

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