Adding to Hans Kuhn's thesis on the emergence of the genetic apparatus: Of the Darwinian advantage to be neither too soluble, nor too insoluble, neither too solid, nor completely liquid

Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 419-425

  Strazewski, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Amphiphile; Lipid; Molecular evolution; Nucleic acid; Peptide; Translation

Indexed keywords

AMINOACYLATION; BI-LAYER; DEOXYGENATIONS; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PEPTIDYL TRANSFER; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; TRANSLATION;

AMINES; AMPHIPHILES; BIOMOLECULES; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; FATTY ACIDS; LIPID BILAYERS; PEPTIDES;

NUCLEIC ACIDS;

FATTY ACID; LIPID; NUCLEIC ACID; NUCLEOTIDE; PEPTIDE;

AMINOACYLATION; ARTICLE; DEOXYGENATION; ENTROPY; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; HEREDITY; LIPID BILAYER; LIPID VESICLE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NUCLEIC ACID SYNTHESIS; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN NUCLEIC ACID INTERACTION; RIBOSOME; SURFACE PROPERTY;

BIOGENESIS; FATTY ACIDS; LIPID BILAYERS; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PEPTIDES; SOLUBILITY;

EID: 70350300635     PISSN: 09277765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2009.07.001     Document Type: Article

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