The roads to and from the RNA world

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 222, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 127-134

  Dworkin, Jason P ^a   Lazcano, Antonio ^b   Miller, Stanley L ^c  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Deoxyribose; Pre RNA world; Prebiotic evolution; Ribose; RNA world

Indexed keywords

2 DEOXYRIBOSE; DNA; PROTEIN; RIBOSE; RNA;

DNA;

ARTICLE; GENOME; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR STABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SOLUBILITY;

EID: 0037466388     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5193(03)00020-1     Document Type: Article

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