Autocatalytic replication and homochirality in biopolymers: Is homochirality a requirement of life or a result of it?

Astrobiology

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 818-829

  Wu, Meng ^a   Walker, Sara I ^b   Higgs, Paul G ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chirality; Origin of life; Prebiotic chemistry; RNA world

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BIOPOLYMER; RIBOZYME; RNA;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; POLYMERIZATION; STEREOISOMERISM;

AMINO ACIDS; BIOPOLYMERS; CATALYSIS; EVOLUTION, CHEMICAL; POLYMERIZATION; RNA; RNA, CATALYTIC; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 84866509362     PISSN: 15311074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ast.2012.0819     Document Type: Article

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