Eutectic phases in ice facilitate nonenzymatic nucleic acid synthesis

Astrobiology

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 271-281

  Kanavarioti, Anastassia ^a   Monnard, Pierre Alain ^a   Deamer, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ice eutectic phases; Oligonucleotide synthesis; Oligouridylate synthesis; Prebiotic polymerization; Subzero temperatures

Indexed keywords

ICE; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; LEAD; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; NUCLEIC ACID; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; PHOSPHATE; POLYMER; RNA; TIN; URIDINE; URIDINE PHOSPHATE;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CHEMISTRY; EVOLUTION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; SYNTHESIS;

CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; EARTH (PLANET); EVOLUTION; ICE; IMIDAZOLES; LEAD; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; NUCLEIC ACIDS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; PHOSPHATES; POLYMERS; RNA; SOLUTIONS; TIN; URIDINE; URIDINE MONOPHOSPHATE;

EID: 0035453348     PISSN: 15311074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/15311070152757465     Document Type: Article

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