Elongation of oligopeptides in a simulated submarine hydrothermal system

Science

Volumn 283, Issue 5403, 1999, Pages 831-833

  Imai, Ei Ichi ^a   Honda, Hajime ^a   Hatori, Kuniyuki ^a   Brack, André ^b   Matsuno, Koichiro ^a  

^a NAGAOKA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b CENTRE DE BIOPHYSIQUE MOLÉCULAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OLIGOPEPTIDE;

HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; PEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; ECOSYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA TRANSLATION;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; COPPER; DIMERIZATION; EVOLUTION, CHEMICAL; GLYCINE; GLYCYLGLYCINE; HEAT; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; HYDROLYSIS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PIPERAZINES; PRESSURE; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0033524827     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.283.5403.831     Document Type: Article

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