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The Abiotic Chemistry of Thiolated Acetate Derivatives and the Origin of Life
Thioesters and thioacetic acid (TAA) have been invoked as key reagents for the origin of life as activated forms of acetate analogous to acetyl-CoA. These species could have served as high-energy group-transfer reagents and allowed carbon insertions to form higher molecular weight compounds such as...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2016
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4956751/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27443234 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep29883 |