Building blocks of life: Growing the seeds of homochirality

Nature Chemistry

Volumn 1, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 692-693

  Fletcher, Stephen P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; PROTEIN;

CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; LIQUID CRYSTAL; OPTICAL ROTATION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; SHORT SURVEY; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; STEREOISOMERISM;

AMINO ACIDS; CATALYSIS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; OPTICAL ROTATION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEINS; SOLUTIONS; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 70749129175     PISSN: 17554330     EISSN: 17554349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchem.455     Document Type: Short Survey

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