Question 3: The worlds of the prebiotic and never born proteins

Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres

Volumn 37, Issue 4-5, 2007, Pages 357-361

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

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

^b ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Macromolecular sequences; Never born proteins; Phage display; Prebiotic synthesis; Random polypeptides fold; Thrombin selection

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PROTEIN; BIOLOGY; PEPTIDE; SELECTION;

PEPTIDE LIBRARY; PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROTEIN FOLDING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOGENESIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE LIBRARY; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEINS;

EID: 34548047238     PISSN: 01696149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11084-007-9075-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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