Are polyphosphates or phosphate esters prebiotic reagents?

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 1995, Pages 693-702

  Keefe, Anthony D ^a,b   Miller, Stanley L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

High energy organic compounds; Orthophosphate; Phosphate minerals; Phosphorus pentoxide; Polyphosphates; Thermal condensation

Indexed keywords

CYANAMIDE; ESTER DERIVATIVE; HYDROGEN CYANIDE; PHOSPHATE; POLYPHOSPHATE;

BIOSYNTHESIS; EVOLUTION; HIGH ENERGY PHOSPHATE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; POLYMERIZATION; REVIEW; THERMAL EXPOSURE;

NASA DISCIPLINE EXOBIOLOGY; NON-NASA CENTER;

APATITES; DIPHOSPHATES; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; EVOLUTION, CHEMICAL; EVOLUTION, PLANETARY; HEAT; PHOSPHORIC ACID ESTERS; PHOSPHORYLATION; POLYMERS; POLYPHOSPHATES; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

EID: 0029591935     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: 14321432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00173147     Document Type: Article

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