The Effects of Borate Minerals on the Synthesis of Nucleic Acid Bases, Amino Acids and Biogenic Carboxylic Acids from Formamide

Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 317-330

  Saladino, Raffaele ^a   Barontini, Maurizio ^a   Cossetti, Cristina ^b   Di Mauro, Ernesto ^b   Crestini, Claudia ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biogenic carboxylic acids; Borates; Formamide; Nucleic acid bases; Prebiotic chemistry

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYPYRIDINE; 3-HYDROXYPYRIDINE; AMINO ACID; BORIC ACID; CARBOXYLIC ACID; CYANAMIDE; FORMAMIDE; FORMAMIDE DERIVATIVE; MINERAL; NUCLEIC ACID; NUCLEIC ACID PRECURSOR; PURINE DERIVATIVE; PYRIDINE DERIVATIVE;

AMINO ACID; BIOGENIC MATERIAL; BORATE; CARBOXYLIC ACID; CONDENSATION; EARLY EARTH; METABOLISM; MINERAL; NUCLEIC ACID; ORGANIC NITROGEN COMPOUND; ORIGIN OF LIFE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; HEAT; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; POLYMERIZATION; SYNTHESIS;

AMINO ACIDS; BORATES; CARBODIIMIDES; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; FORMAMIDES; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HOT TEMPERATURE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MINERALS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NUCLEIC ACID PRECURSORS; NUCLEIC ACIDS; POLYMERIZATION; PURINES; PYRIDINES;

EID: 79960171444     PISSN: 01696149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11084-011-9236-3     Document Type: Article

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