Journal
RESEARCH IN MICROBIOLOGY
Volume 160, Issue 7, Pages 441-448Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2009.06.001
Keywords
Formamide; Water; Nucleic bases; Nucleotides; RNA origin; Molecular evolution
Categories
Funding
- Italian Space Agency [I/015/07/0]
- The National Science Foundation
- PNR-FIRB
- EU COST [CM07035]
Ask authors/readers for more resources
In pursuing the origin of informational polymers, we followed the assumption that their spontaneous formation could only have occurred: (i) if all the components were present at the same site and in the same reaction, and (ii) if the thermodynamics of the processes involved favored a polymerized over a monomeric state of the precursors. A plausible scenario satisfying both assumptions is provided. (C) 2009 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.
Authors
I am an author on this paper
Click your name to claim this paper and add it to your profile.
Reviews
Recommended
No Data Available