Intractable mixtures and the origin of life

Chemistry and Biodiversity

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 656-664

  Schwartz, Alan W ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADENINE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PREBIOTIC AGENT; RNA; HYDROGEN CYANIDE; NUCLEIC ACID; PEPTIDE NUCLEIC ACID; PYRIMIDINE DERIVATIVE;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOGENESIS; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; EVOLUTION; GEL FILTRATION; NUCLEIC ACID STRUCTURE; OLIGOMERIZATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; RNA ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT;

BIOGENESIS; CHEMISTRY; HYDROGEN CYANIDE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PEPTIDE NUCLEIC ACIDS; PYRIMIDINES;

EID: 34249715881     PISSN: 16121872     EISSN: 16121880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cbdv.200790056     Document Type: Review

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