Plural origins of the molecular homochirality in our biota

Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung - Section C Journal of Biosciences

Volumn 51, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 70-74

  Lins, Roberto Dias ^a   Soares, Thereza Amélia ^a   Ferreira, Ricardo ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

D L Amino Acids; D L nucleotides; Handedness of Biomolecules; Origin of Homochirality

Indexed keywords

EID: 0008853662     PISSN: 09395075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/znc-1996-1-213     Document Type: Article

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