Formamide and the origin of life

Physics of Life Reviews

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 84-104

  Saladino, Raffaele ^a   Crestini, Claudia ^b   Pino, Samanta ^c   Costanzo, Giovanna ^d   Di Mauro, Ernesto ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carboxylic acids; Formamide; Metabolism; Nucleic bases; Origin of life; RNA polymerization

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL INFORMATION; CHEMICAL SYSTEMS; DARWINIAN EVOLUTION; FORMAMIDES; HYDROGEN CYANIDE; INTERSTELLAR ENVIRONMENT; NUCLEIC BASES; ORIGIN OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITIES; SPONTANEOUS GENERATION;

AMIDES; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CHROMOSOMES; HYDROGEN; INORGANIC COMPOUNDS; METABOLISM; PHOSPHORUS; PHYSIOLOGY; RNA; SULFUR;

CHEMICAL STABILITY;

FORMAMIDE DERIVATIVE; NUCLEIC ACID; NUCLEIC ACID PRECURSOR;

ASTRONOMY; BIOGENESIS; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; REVIEW; SYNTHESIS;

BIOGENESIS; CATALYSIS; EVOLUTION, CHEMICAL; FORMAMIDES; NUCLEIC ACID PRECURSORS; NUCLEIC ACIDS;

EID: 84857138832     PISSN: 15710645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plrev.2011.12.002     Document Type: Review

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