Homochiral Selectivity in RNA Synthesis: Montmorillonite-catalyzed Quaternary Reactions of D, L-Purine with D, L- Pyrimidine Nucleotides

Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 213-236

  Joshi, Prakash C ^a   Aldersley, Michael F ^a   Ferris, James P ^a  

^a Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Catalysis; Homochirality; Montmorillonite; Prebiotic chemistry; RNA world

Indexed keywords

BENTONITE; PURINE NUCLEOTIDE; PYRIMIDINE NUCLEOTIDE; RNA;

ADSORPTION; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL PROPERTY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MONTMORILLONITE; NUCLEIC ACID; ORIGIN OF LIFE; POLYMER; REACTION KINETICS; RNA;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROLYSIS; ISOMERISM; PHOSPHORYLATION; SYNTHESIS;

BENTONITE; CATALYSIS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; HYDROLYSIS; ISOMERISM; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PHOSPHORYLATION; PURINE NUCLEOTIDES; PYRIMIDINE NUCLEOTIDES; RNA;

EID: 79956112530     PISSN: 01696149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11084-010-9222-1     Document Type: Article

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