Continuous growth of autocatalytic sets

BioSystems

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 61-69

  Mitsuzawa, Shigenobu ^a,b,c   Watanabe, Sei ichiro ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HIGH ENERGY ACCELERATOR RESEARCH ORGANIZATION KEK   (Japan)

^c Tel: +81 298 796102   (Japan)

Author keywords

Origin of life; Polymerization of amino acids; Transpeptidation

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; MONOMER; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; POLYMERIZATION; SIMULATION;

EID: 0035132172     PISSN: 03032647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0303-2647(00)00145-3     Document Type: Article

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