A model for the role of short self-assembled peptides in the very early stages of the origin of life

FASEB Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1051-1055

  Carny, Ohad ^a   Gazit, Ehud ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

stacking; Aromatic interactions; Closed cage nanostructures; Molecular recognition; Origin of life; Peptides; Self association

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; DIPEPTIDE; NUCLEIC ACID; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; RNA; TRIPEPTIDE;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BIOGENESIS; CATALYST; CHEMICAL REACTION; ENCAPSULATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR MODEL; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NUCLEOTIDE BINDING SITE; PRECAMBRIAN; PRION DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN NUCLEIC ACID INTERACTION; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BIOGENESIS; EVOLUTION, CHEMICAL; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PEPTIDES; POLYMERS; RNA;

EID: 21744439797     PISSN: 08926638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1096/fj.04-3256hyp     Document Type: Review

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