The effect of smectite composition on the catalysis of peptide bond formation

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 326-333

  Bujdák, Juraj ^a   Rode, Bernd M ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Clay catalysis; Glycine oligomerization; Molecular evolution; Prebiotic peptide formation; Smectite

Indexed keywords

PEPTIDE; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DIMERIZATION; OLIGOMERIZATION; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0029794611     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02339007     Document Type: Article

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