Self-assembly and Self-replication of Short Amphiphilic β-sheet Peptides

Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 563-567

  Bourbo, Valery ^a   Matmor, Maayan ^a   Shtelman, Elina ^a   Rubinov, Boris ^a   Ashkenasy, Nurit ^a   Ashkenasy, Gonen ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

sheets; Prebiotic peptides; Self replication

Indexed keywords

PEPTIDE; SURFACTANT;

CHEMICAL REACTION; EARLY EARTH; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PEPTIDE; SOLUBILITY;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; BIOGENESIS; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE;

BIOGENESIS; EVOLUTION, CHEMICAL; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS;

EID: 84857915523     PISSN: 01696149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11084-011-9257-y     Document Type: Article

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