Recycling of informational units leads to selection of replicators in a prebiotic soup

Chemistry and Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 241-252

  Vaidya, Nilesh ^a,c   Walker, Sara Imari ^b   Lehman, Niles ^a  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PREBIOTIC AGENT; RECOMBINASE; RIBOZYME;

ARTICLE; AZOARCUS; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; ESTERIFICATION; GENOTYPE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AZOARCUS; CATALYSIS; GENOTYPE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PREBIOTICS; RECOMBINASES; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; RNA, CATALYTIC; TRANS-SPLICING;

EID: 84874314316     PISSN: 10745521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2013.01.007     Document Type: Article

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