Glycine and diglycine as possible catalytic factors in the prebiotic evolution of peptides

Origins of Life and Evolution of the Biosphere

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 225-236

  Plankensteiner, Kristof ^a   Righi, Alessandro ^a   Rode, Bernd M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Chemical evolution; Copper complexes; Mutual catalysis; Origin of life; Prebiotic peptide formation; Salt Induced Peptide Formation Reaction

Indexed keywords

BIOSPHERE; CHEMISTRY; ORIGIN OF LIFE; PEPTIDE;

CATALYSIS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GLYCINE; GLYCYLGLYCINE; PEPTIDES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

GLYCINE; GLYCYLGLYCINE; PEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION;

EID: 0036591540     PISSN: 01696149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1016523207700     Document Type: Article

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