From Formamide to RNA, the Path Is Tenuous but Continuous

Autor: Samanta Pino, Judit E. Sponer, Giovanna Costanzo, Raffaele Saladino, Ernesto Di Mauro
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: Life, Vol 5, Iss 1, Pp 372-384 (2015)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2075-1729
DOI: 10.3390/life5010372
Popis: Reactions of formamide (NH2COH) in the presence of catalysts of both terrestrial and meteoritic origin yield, in plausible and variegated conditions, a large panel of precursors of (pre)genetic and (pre)metabolic interest. Formamide chemistry potentially satisfies all of the steps from the very initial precursors to RNA. Water chemistry enters the scene in RNA non-enzymatic synthesis and recombination.
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