An approach to prebiotic synthesis of α-oligoribonucleotides and description of their properties: Selective advantage of β-RNA over α-RNA

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 209-215

  Sawai, Hiroaki ^a   Itoh, Takeshi ^a   Kokaji, Kazumi ^a   Shinozuka, Kazuo ^a  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

and RNA; Oligoribonucleotide; Prebiotic synthesis; Selective advantage; Stacking and conformational properties; Template directed synthesis; Uranyl ion catalysis

Indexed keywords

OLIGORIBONUCLEOTIDE; RNA;

ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NUCLEOTIDE METABOLISM; OLIGOMERIZATION; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; RNA STRUCTURE;

BIOGENESIS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; OLIGORIBONUCLEOTIDES; POLY U; RNA; TEMPLATES, GENETIC;

EID: 0030767213     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00006222     Document Type: Article

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