Progress in demonstrating total homochiral selection in montmorillonite-catalyzed RNA synthesis

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 413, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 594-598

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

^a Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Catalysis; Chirality; Montmorillonite; Prebiotic chemistry; RNA

Indexed keywords

MONTMORILLONITE; RNA;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHIRALITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HYDROLYSIS; OLIGOMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; RNA SYNTHESIS;

BENTONITE; CATALYSIS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RNA; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 80053601095     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2011.09.008     Document Type: Article

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