Chiral amplification of oligopeptides via polymerization in two-dimensional crystallites on water

Origins of Life and Evolution of the Biosphere

Volumn 34, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 79-92

  Weissbuch, Isabelle ^a   Bolbach, Gerard ^b   Leiserowitz, Leslie ^a   Lahav, Meir ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Biomolecular handedness; Chiral amplification; Grazing incidence X ray diffraction; Homochiral oligopeptides; Lattice controlled polymerization; Self assembled 2 D crystallites

Indexed keywords

BIOPOLYMER; OLIGOPEPTIDE; WATER;

AIR-WATER INTERACTION; ASYMMETRY; CRYSTAL PROPERTY; ORIGIN OF LIFE; PEPTIDE;

CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONFERENCE PAPER; MASS SPECTROMETRY; STEREOISOMERISM;

BIOPOLYMERS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; OLIGOPEPTIDES; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION; STEREOISOMERISM; WATER;

EID: 0842264159     PISSN: 01696149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:ORIG.0000009830.40297.fe     Document Type: Conference Paper

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