Silica, alumina, and clay-catalyzed alanine peptide bond formation

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 457-466

  Bujdák, Juraj ^a   Rode, Bernd M ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Alanine; Alumina; Catalysis; Clays; Glycine; Prebiotic peptide formation; Silica

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ALUMINUM OXIDE; SILICON DIOXIDE;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL REACTION; CLAY; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0030831575     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00006250     Document Type: Article

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