Influence of montmorillonite on nucleotide oligomerization reactions: A molecular dynamics study

Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 303-317

  Mathew, Damien C ^a   Luthey Schulten, Zaida ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Catalysis; Clay; Molecular dynamics; Polynucleotide; Prebiotic chemistry; RNA world

Indexed keywords

BENTONITE; NUCLEOTIDE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE;

CATALYSIS; ION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MONTMORILLONITE; ORIGIN OF LIFE; POLYMERIZATION; RNA; SIMULATION;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; BIOGENESIS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; SURFACE PROPERTY;

BENTONITE; BIOGENESIS; CATALYSIS; EVOLUTION, CHEMICAL; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NUCLEOTIDES; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 77951767420     PISSN: 01696149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11084-010-9207-0     Document Type: Article

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