Did life begin in hot water?

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 687-690

  Forterre, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; SHORT SURVEY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BIOGENESIS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CELL LINEAGE; DNA; HOT TEMPERATURE; RNA; WATER;

EID: 0033061760     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000180050326     Document Type: Short Survey

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