Activated alumina as an energy source for peptide bond formation: Consequences for mineral-mediated prebiotic processes

Amino Acids

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 281-291

  Bujdak J ^a   Rode, B M ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Alanine; Alumina; Amino acids; Catalysis; Clay; Peptide bond formation; Prebiotic

Indexed keywords

ACID; ALANINE; ALUMINUM OXIDE; AMINO ACID; BASE; MINERAL; PEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DIMERIZATION; ENERGY; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMAL ANALYSIS;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; CATALYSIS; KAOLIN; MINERALS; PEPTIDES;

EID: 0034749216     PISSN: 09394451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007260170014     Document Type: Article

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