Kinetic analysis of self-replicating peptides: Possibility of chiral amplification in open systems

Origins of Life and Evolution of the Biosphere

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 497-512

  Rivera Islas, Jesús ^a   Micheau, Jean Claude ^b   Buhse, Thomas ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES QUÍMICAS   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

Author keywords

amplification of enantiomeric excess; autocatalysis; biomolecular homochirality; chiroselective autocatalytic effect; kinetic analysis; peptide; self replication; stereoselectivity

Indexed keywords

PEPTIDE;

KINETICS; MODELING; ORIGIN OF LIFE; PEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; KINETICS; STEREOISOMERISM;

CATALYSIS; KINETICS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; PEPTIDES; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 5444255773     PISSN: 01696149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:ORIG.0000043115.95561.23     Document Type: Article

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