May Cyclic Nucleotides Be a Source for Abiotic RNA Synthesis?

Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 559-562

  Costanzo, Giovanna ^a   Pino, Samanta ^c   Botta, Giorgia ^b   Saladino, Raffaele ^b   Mauro, Ernesto Di ^c  

^a Istituto Di Biologia E Patologia Molecolari Rome   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Abiotic RNA polymerization; Formamide chemistry; Origin of nucleic bases

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY RNA; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC GMP; FORMAMIDE; FORMAMIDE DERIVATIVE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; PURINE DERIVATIVE;

CATALYSIS; CATALYST; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HEATING; NUCLEIC ACID; ORGANIC NITROGEN COMPOUND; PARAMETERIZATION; POLYMERIZATION; REACTION KINETICS; RNA;

ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; CHEMISTRY; POLYMERIZATION;

BIOGENESIS; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC GMP; FORMAMIDES; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; POLYMERIZATION; PURINES; RNA, COMPLEMENTARY;

EID: 84857917643     PISSN: 01696149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11084-011-9249-y     Document Type: Article

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