Towards a chemical etiology of nucleic acid structure

Origins of Life and Evolution of the Biosphere

Volumn 27, Issue 5-6, 1997, Pages 535-553

  Eschenmoser, Albert ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA;

ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; DNA TEMPLATE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

BASE SEQUENCE; BIOGENESIS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RNA; TEMPLATES, GENETIC;

EID: 0031298877     PISSN: 01696149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1006511605323     Document Type: Article

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