A new definition of life

Chirality

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 354-358

  Carroll, James D ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Homochirality; Information theory; Origin of life; Self replication; Soai reaction

Indexed keywords

DNA; POLYMER; RNA;

ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; BIOLOGY; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHIRALITY; DNA STRUCTURE; INFORMATION SCIENCE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

BIOGENESIS; CARBON; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 60649102069     PISSN: 08990042     EISSN: 1520636X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chir.20590     Document Type: Article

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