'Reverse chemical evolution': A new method to search for thermally stable biopolymers

Origins of Life and Evolution of the Biosphere

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 163-171

  Mitsuzawa, Shigenobu ^a   Yukawa, Tetsuyuki ^b,c  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

^c HIGH ENERGY ACCELERATOR RESEARCH ORGANIZATION KEK   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bovine ribonuclease A; Hydrolysis of peptide bonds; Hydrophobic amino acids; Primitive hot sea; Thermally stable biopolymers

Indexed keywords

BIOPOLYMER; PANCREATIC RIBONUCLEASE;

CHEMISTRY; ORIGIN OF LIFE; RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CATTLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; HYDROLYSIS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; TEMPERATURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BIOPOLYMERS; CATTLE; EVOLUTION, CHEMICAL; HYDROLYSIS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RIBONUCLEASE, PANCREATIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE;

EID: 0041974647     PISSN: 01696149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024621729149     Document Type: Article

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