A toy model of prebiotic peptide evolution: The possible role of relative amino acid abundances

Acta Biochimica Polonica

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 175-182

  Polanco, Carlos ^a,b   Buhse, Thomas ^b   Samaniego, José Lino ^a   González, Jorge Alberto Castañón ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD ANÁHUAC   (Mexico)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES QUÍMICAS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Computer simulation; Peptides; Polarity index method; Prebiotic polymerization; Toy model

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884337379     PISSN: 0001527X     EISSN: 1734154X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18388/abp.2013_1968     Document Type: Article

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