About a formamide-based origin of informational polymers: Syntheses of nucleobases and favourable thermodynamic niches for early polymers

Origins of Life and Evolution of the Biosphere

Volumn 36, Issue 5-6, 2006, Pages 523-531

  Saladino, Raffaele ^a   Crestini, Claudia ^b   Ciciriello, Fabiana ^d   Costanzo, Giovanna ^c   Di Mauro, Ernesto ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acyclonucleosides; Formamide; Informational polymers; Nucleic bases; Thermodynamic niches

Indexed keywords

FORMAMIDE; FORMAMIDE DERIVATIVE; NUCLEIC ACID; NUCLEOSIDE; POLYMER;

ORGANIC NITROGEN COMPOUND; ORIGIN OF LIFE; POLYMER; THERMODYNAMICS;

ASTRONOMY; BIOGENESIS; CHEMISTRY; CONFERENCE PAPER; SYNTHESIS; THERMODYNAMICS; TIME;

BIOGENESIS; EVOLUTION, CHEMICAL; FORMAMIDES; NUCLEIC ACIDS; NUCLEOSIDES; POLYMERS; THERMODYNAMICS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33846413985     PISSN: 01696149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11084-006-9053-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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