The origin and early evolution of life: Prebiotic chemistry, the pre-RNA world, and time

Cell

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 793-798

  Lazcano, Antonio ^b   Miller, Stanley L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; DNA; GLYCINE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; RIBOSE;

ATMOSPHERE; BIOGENESIS; EVOLUTION; GENE DUPLICATION; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STABILITY; REVIEW; RNA ANALYSIS; THEORY;

EID: 0029905462     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-8674(00)81263-5     Document Type: Review

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