Synthesis of long prebiotic oligomers on mineral surfaces

Nature

Volumn 381, Issue 6577, 1996, Pages 59-61

  Ferris, James P ^a   Hill Jr , Aubrey R ^b   Liu, Rihe ^b   Orgel, Leslie E ^b  

^a Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

^b SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BIOPOLYMER; HYDROXYAPATITE; MINERAL; MONOMER; MONTMORILLONITE; NUCLEOTIDE; OLIGOMER; POLYMER;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; HYDROLYSIS; OLIGOMERIZATION; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

NASA DISCIPLINE EXOBIOLOGY; NASA DISCIPLINE NUMBER 52-20; NASA DISCIPLINE NUMBER 93-10; NASA PROGRAM EXOBIOLOGY; NASA PROGRAM NSCORT; NON-NASA CENTER;

AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BENTONITE; BIOGENESIS; BIOPOLYMERS; CARBODIIMIDES; DURAPATITE; ETHYLDIMETHYLAMINOPROPYL CARBODIIMIDE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GLUTAMIC ACID; MINERALS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; POLY A; POLY G; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; SOLUTIONS;

EID: 0029876064     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/381059a0     Document Type: Article

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