Question 5: On the chemical reality of the RNA world

Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres

Volumn 37, Issue 4-5, 2007, Pages 379-385

  De Lucrezia, Davide ^a   Anella, Fabrizio ^a   Chiarabelli, Cristiano ^a,b  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b MUSEO STORICO DELLA FISICA E CENTRO STUDI E RICERCHE ENRICO FERMI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Origin of life; Prebiotic synthesis of mononucleotides; RNA compartmentation; RNA sequence space; RNA world

Indexed keywords

MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; ORIGIN OF LIFE; RESEARCH WORK; RNA; CATALYSIS; ETIOLOGY; POLYMERIZATION;

RNA; RNA PRECURSOR;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

BASE SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; RNA; RNA PRECURSORS;

EID: 34548027297     PISSN: 01696149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11084-007-9098-x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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