The emergence of life on Earth

Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 75, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 75-120

  Lahav, Noam ^a   Nir, Shlomo ^a   Elitzur, Avshalom C ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bio homochirality; Biological information; Catalytic peptide; Feedback loop; Genetic code's emergence

Indexed keywords

PEPTIDE; RNA;

BIOGENESIS; CATALYST; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CHEMICAL REACTION; COMPUTER MODEL; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; EXPERIMENT; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC CODE; INFORMATION; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; METHODOLOGY; MODEL; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; REVIEW; STATISTICAL MODEL; THEORY; THERMODYNAMICS; TIME;

BIOGENESIS; EVOLUTION; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RNA; THERMODYNAMICS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0035049123     PISSN: 00796107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6107(01)00003-7     Document Type: Review

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