The first living organisms: In the light or in the dark?

Chemtracts

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 453-467

  Deamer, David W ^a   Chakrabarti, Ajoy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b GILEAD SCIENCES   (United States)

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BIOGENESIS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERIZATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION;

EID: 0032822271     PISSN: 14319268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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