Origins of life: Molecular foundations and new approaches

Tetrahedron

Volumn 55, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 3141-3182

  Maurel, Marie Christine ^a   Décout, Jean Luc ^b  

^a INSTITUT JACQUES MONOD   (France)

^b CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; RIBOSE; RIBOZYME; RNA; SULFUR;

ASTRONOMY; BIOGENESIS; CATALYSIS; CHIRALITY; DECOMPOSITION; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SYNTHESIS; ESTERIFICATION; GENE STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURINE SYNTHESIS; REACTION ANALYSIS; REVIEW; RNA SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0033105176     PISSN: 00404020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4020(98)01168-5     Document Type: Review

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