Question 4: Basic questions about the origin of life: On chirobiogenesis

Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres

Volumn 37, Issue 4-5, 2007, Pages 371-377

  Lahav, Meir ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Chirality; Chirobiogenesis; Enantiomorphous crystals; Homochiral oligopeptides; Racemic crystals

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; ORIGIN OF LIFE; PEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID; NUCLEIC ACID; PEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION;

AMINO ACIDS; BIOGENESIS; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PEPTIDES;

EID: 34548020554     PISSN: 01696149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11084-007-9101-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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