Symmetry breaking by spontaneous crystallization - Is it the most plausible source of terrestrial handedness we have long been looking for? - A reappraisal

Origins of Life and Evolution of the Biosphere

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 391-405

  Avalos, Martin ^a   Babiano, Reyes ^a   Cintas, Pedro ^a   Jimenez, Jose L ^a   Palacios, Juan C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

Author keywords

chirality; crystallization; origin of life; resolution; symmetry breaking

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; ORIGIN OF LIFE; SYMMETRY;

BIOGENESIS; CONFORMATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SOLUBILITY;

BIOGENESIS; CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; SOLUBILITY;

EID: 3042724773     PISSN: 01696149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:ORIG.0000029886.32034.f3     Document Type: Review

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