Molecular Biology of the Gene 7th Edition by Richard Losick, James Watson, Michael Levine, Tamara Baker, Alexander Gann

Exercise 6

Some RNAs act as plant pathogens or viroids. Some viroids are capable of carrying out a catalytic reaction. You are given a sequence of RNA isolated as a viroid to a specific plant species. Identify some characteristics that would indicate that this viroid acts as a catalytic hammerhead.