Transketolase reaction under credible prebiotic conditions

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 110, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 4184-4187

  Breslow, Ronald ^a   Appayee, Chandrakumar ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COCARBOXYLASE; CYANIDE; FRUCTOSE; GLYCERALDEHYDE; METALLOPROTEIN; OXYGEN; PHOSPHATE; PORPHYRIN; PREBIOTIC AGENT; TRANSKETOLASE; XYLULOSE;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; BIOLOGY; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; GLUCOSE OXIDATION; PRECURSOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXICITY;

BIOGENESIS; CATALYSIS; CYANIDES; GLUCOSE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; THIAMINE PYROPHOSPHATE; TRANSKETOLASE; XYLOSE;

EID: 84875029553     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1301522110     Document Type: Article

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