From the one-carbon amide formamide to RNA all the steps are prebiotically possible

Biochimie

Volumn 94, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1451-1456

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

3',5' CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHODIESTERASE; ACYCLIC NUCLEOSIDE; AMINO ACID; BORIC ACID; CARBOXYLIC ACID; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC GMP; CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE; FORMAMIDE DERIVATIVE; IRON SULFUR PROTEIN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE; NUCLEOSIDE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHORUS; RNA; SULFUR; ZIRCONIUM;

PHOSPHORYLATION; POLYMERIZATION; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; REVIEW; RNA PROCESSING; RNA STABILITY; RNA STRUCTURE; RNA SYNTHESIS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84861640466     PISSN: 03009084     EISSN: 61831638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2012.02.018     Document Type: Short Survey

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