Digital and analog chemical evolution

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2189-2199

  Goodwin, Jay T ^a   Mehta, Anil K ^a   Lynn, David G ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; BIOPOLYMER; PURINE NUCLEOTIDE; PYRIMIDINE NUCLEOSIDE;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; RIBOSOME;

AMYLOID BETA-PEPTIDES; BIOPOLYMERS; EVOLUTION, CHEMICAL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; PURINE NUCLEOTIDES; PYRIMIDINE NUCLEOSIDES; RIBOSOMES;

EID: 84871302736     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: 15204898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ar300214w     Document Type: Article

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