Toward homochiral protocells in noncatalytic peptide systems

Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 479-493

  Gleiser, Marcelo ^a   Walker, Sara Imari ^a  

^a Dartmouth College   (United States)

Author keywords

Abiogenesis; Homochirality; Prebiotic chemistry; Proto cells; Protometabolism

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; EARTH; EVAPORATION; ORIGIN OF LIFE; PEPTIDE; POLYMERIZATION;

PEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CHEMISTRY; STEREOISOMERISM; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EVOLUTION, CHEMICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PEPTIDES; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 70449709565     PISSN: 01696149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11084-009-9166-5     Document Type: Article

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