Lipid domain boundaries as prebiotic catalysts of peptide bond formation

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 246, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 176-185

  Raine, D J ^a,b   Norris, V ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Parc Scientifique de Luminy   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

Author keywords

Interface; Origins of life; Polymerase; Ribosome; Vesicle

Indexed keywords

LIPID; POLYMER; PREBIOTIC AGENT;

CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL BONDING; DIFFUSION; LIPID; ORIGIN OF LIFE; PEPTIDE; POLYMERIZATION;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; HYDROLYSIS; LIPID ANALYSIS; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; BIOGENESIS; LIPIDS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PEPTIDES; POLYMERS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY;

EID: 34047274576     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2006.12.019     Document Type: Article

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