The origin of biological homochirality

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 366, Issue 1580, 2011, Pages 2878-2884

  Blackmond, Donna G ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Chirality; RNA

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CATALYSIS; CRYSTAL; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; ORIGIN OF LIFE; SALT;

EID: 80052949687     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2011.0130     Document Type: Article

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