Toward higher polyprenols under 'prebiotic' conditions

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 44, Issue 36, 2003, Pages 6959-6961

  Désaubry, Laurent ^a   Nakatani, Yoichi ^a   Ourisson, Guy ^a  

^a Polymers and Materials   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FARNESOL; GERANIOL; ISOPENTENOL; MONTMORILLONITE; MONTMORILLONITE K10; PHOSPHATE; PRENYLAMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; HYPOTHESIS; ISOMER; MEMBRANE; POLYMERIZATION; ROOM TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0042158747     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4039(03)01624-1     Document Type: Article

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