Etiology of potentially primordial biomolecular structures: From vitamin B 12 to the nucleic acids and an inquiry into the chemistry of life's origin: A retrospective

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 50, Issue 52, 2011, Pages 12412-12472

  Eschenmoser, Albert ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

biogenesis; etiology; natural products; nucleic acids; vitamin B 12

Indexed keywords

BIOGENESIS; BIOMOLECULAR STRUCTURES; ETIOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL MODELING; NATURAL PRODUCTS; ORIGIN OF LIFE; SHORTEST PATH; VITAMIN B; VITAMIN B 12;

NUCLEIC ACIDS;

BIOMOLECULES;

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCT; CYANOCOBALAMIN; NUCLEIC ACID;

ASTRONOMY; BIOGENESIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; REVIEW;

BIOGENESIS; BIOLOGICAL AGENTS; EVOLUTION, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEIC ACIDS; VITAMIN B 12;

EID: 84255198819     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: 15213773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201103672     Document Type: Review

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