Predicting template-based catalysis rates in a simple catalytic reaction model

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 295, Issue , 2012, Pages 132-138

  Hordijk, Wim ^a   Steel, Mike ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Catalytic reaction system; Origin of life; Random autocatalytic network; Template based catalysis

Indexed keywords

POLYMER;

CATALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLYMER; PREDICTION; PROBABILITY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA TEMPLATE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RANDOMIZATION;

BIOCATALYSIS; BIOGENESIS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODELS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 83055163709     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2011.11.024     Document Type: Article

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