Active centrum hypothesis: The origin of chiral homogeneity and the RNA-world

BioSystems

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-12

  Garay, Jozsef ^a  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Dynamical combinatorial library; Origin of homo chirality; Origin of RNA; Reflexive autocatalytic set; RNA world

Indexed keywords

NUCLEOTIDE; OLIGOMER; PREBIOTIC AGENT; RNA;

AMINO ACID; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HOMOGENEITY; NATURAL SELECTION;

ACTIVE CENTRUM HYPOTHESIS; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CHIRALITY; COMBINATORIAL CHEMISTRY; COMPLEX FORMATION; EVOLUTION; GENETIC CODE; GEOMETRY; HOMOCHIRALITY; HYPOTHESIS; PHOSPHOLIPID MEMBRANE; RNA CONFORMATION; RNA HYBRIDIZATION; RNA METABOLISM; RNA REPLICATION; RNA STRUCTURE; STEREOCHEMISTRY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 78650214502     PISSN: 03032647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystems.2010.09.004     Document Type: Article

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