PREBIOTIC EVOLUTION - SELECTING FOR HOMOCHIRALITY BEFORE RNA

Authors
SCHWARTZ AW
Citation
Aw. Schwartz, PREBIOTIC EVOLUTION - SELECTING FOR HOMOCHIRALITY BEFORE RNA, Current biology, 7(8), 1997, pp. 477-479
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Biology,Biology
Journal title
Current biology → ACNP
ISSN journal
09609822
Volume
7
Issue
8
Year of publication
1997
Pages
477 - 479
Database
ISI
SICI code
0960-9822(1997)7:8<477:PE-SFH>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
Recent results show that the self-assembly of long homochiral oligomer s of a nucleotide analogue can be achieved by ligation of short oligom ers of chirally mixed composition. Do these results show how the RNA w orld might have arisen?