Progress in demonstrating homochiral selection in prebiotic RNA synthesis

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 772-779

  Joshi, Prakash C ^a   Aldersley, Michael F ^a   Ferris, James P ^a  

^a Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Catalysis; Chirality; Montmorillonite; Prebiotic chemistry; RNA synthesis

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; CATALYSIS; CHIRALITY; CLAY MINERALS; DIMERS; GENES; ISOMERS; MIXTURES; PHOSPHATASES; RNA; SOL-GELS; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; BINARY REACTIONS; CATALYZED REACTIONS; CHIRAL SELECTIVITY; GENETIC INFORMATION; PREBIOTIC CHEMISTRY; REVERSE PHASE HPLC; RNA SYNTHESIS;

ION EXCHANGE;

EID: 84873404808     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2012.09.036     Document Type: Article

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