Prebiotic thermal polymerization of crystals of amino acids via the diketopiperazine reaction

BioSystems

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 195-200

  Mosqueira, F G ^a   Ramos Bernal, S ^b   Negron Mendoza A ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS NUCLEARES   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Biased polymers; Diketopiperzine; Markov chain; Thermal oligomerization of amino acids

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; PIPERAZINEDIONE;

AMINO ACID; CRYSTAL; MARKOV CHAIN; POLYMER; POLYMERIZATION;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CRYSTAL; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; MODEL; MOLECULE; OLIGOMERIZATION; POLYMERIZATION; PREBIOTIC THERMAL POLYMERIZATION; PROBABILITY; REACTION ANALYSIS;

EID: 37349016888     PISSN: 03032647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystems.2007.09.001     Document Type: Article

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