Production of potentially prebiotic condensed phosphates by phosphorus redox chemistry

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 47, Issue 41, 2008, Pages 7918-7920

  Pasek, Matthew A ^a   Kee, Terence P ^b   Bryant, David E ^b   Pavlov, Alexander A ^a   Lunine, Jonathan I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Origins of life; Phosphorus; Phosphorylation; Prebiotic chemistry; Redox chemistry

Indexed keywords

CHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PHOSPHORUS; RNA;

ORIGINS OF LIFE; PHOSPHORYLATION; PREBIOTIC CHEMISTRY; REDOX CHEMISTRY;

PHOSPHATES;

PHOSPHORUS; POLYPHOSPHATE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; SYNTHESIS;

DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHOSPHORUS; POLYPHOSPHATES;

EID: 54749157702     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200802145     Document Type: Article

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