Punctuated chirality

Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 499-508

  Gleiser, Marcelo ^a   Thorarinson, Joel ^a   Walker, Sara Imari ^a  

^a Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory   (United States)

Author keywords

Early planetary environments; Homochirality; Origin of life; Prebiotic chemistry

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID;

AMINO ACID; DNA; ORIGIN OF LIFE; POLYMERIZATION; PROTEIN; RNA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUGAR;

ASTRONOMY; BIOGENESIS; CHEMISTRY; REVIEW; STEREOISOMERISM;

AMINO ACIDS; BIOGENESIS; EVOLUTION, CHEMICAL; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 56749161694     PISSN: 01696149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11084-008-9147-0     Document Type: Review

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