Sodium chloride enhanced oligomerization of L-glutamic acid in aqueous solution

Origins of Life and Evolution of the Biosphere

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 313-322

  Wang, Kong Jiang ^a   Yao, Nan ^a   Li, Chen ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

L glutamic acid; N,N carbonyldiimidazol; Oligomerization; Peptides; Polyglutamic acid; Sodium chloride

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMIC ACID; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; N,N CARBONYLDIIMIDAZOLE; N,N-CARBONYLDIIMIDAZOLE; POLYMER; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ORIGIN OF LIFE; PEPTIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; BIOGENESIS; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; KINETICS; SYNTHESIS;

BIOGENESIS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; EVOLUTION, CHEMICAL; GLUTAMIC ACID; IMIDAZOLES; KINETICS; POLYMERS; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

EID: 26844550923     PISSN: 01696149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11084-005-2041-0     Document Type: Article

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