Origin of life - Symmetry breaking in the universe: Emergence of homochirality

Current Opinion in Colloid and Interface Science

Volumn 13, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 3-11

  Kuhn, Hans ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chirality; Molecular engineering; Origin of life; Self organization; Symmetry breaking

Indexed keywords

OLIGOMERS; PLANETS;

GENETIC APPARATUS; HOMOCHIRALITY; MOLECULAR ENGINEERING; SYMMETRY BREAKING;

CHIRALITY;

ADENINE; CYTOSINE; GUANOSINE; MONOMER; OLIGOMER; RIBOSE; RNA; URACIL;

ACCURACY; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIOGENESIS; CHIRALITY; DNA REPLICATION; DNA STRAND; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HYDROGEN BOND; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR MODEL; REVIEW; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; THEORETICAL MODEL; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 37249052771     PISSN: 13590294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cocis.2007.08.008     Document Type: Review

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