Self-assembly processes in the prebiotic environment

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 361, Issue 1474, 2006, Pages 1809-1818

  Deamer, David ^a   Singaram, Sara ^a   Rajamani, Sudha ^a   Kompanichenko, Vladimir ^a   Guggenheim, Stephen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Clay minerals; Prebiotic environment; Self assembly

Indexed keywords

EARLY EARTH; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; ORIGIN OF LIFE;

EID: 33750047896     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2006.1905     Document Type: Conference Paper

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