Prebiotic methylation and the evolution of methyl transfer reactions in living cells

Origins of Life and Evolution of the Biosphere

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 539-548

  Waddell, Thomas G ^a   Eilders, Lon L ^a   Patel, Bipin P ^a   Sims, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE AT CHATTANOOGA   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolution of methyl transfer; Formaldehyde; Prebiotic; Reductive methylation

Indexed keywords

BETAINE; ETHANOLAMINE; FORMALDEHYDE; GLYCINE; HOMOCYSTEINE; METHYLTRANSFERASE; SULFONIUM DERIVATIVE; TRIMETHYLSULFONIUM;

HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; ORIGIN OF LIFE;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; BIOGENESIS; CHEMISTRY; EVOLUTION; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; METHYLATION;

BETAINE; BIOGENESIS; ETHANOLAMINE; EVOLUTION; EVOLUTION, CHEMICAL; FORMALDEHYDE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GLYCINE; HOMOCYSTEINE; METHYLATION; METHYLTRANSFERASES; SULFONIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 0034525844     PISSN: 01696149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026523222285     Document Type: Article

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