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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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Autores principales: Chandru, Kuhan, Gilbert, Alexis, Butch, Christopher, Aono, Masashi, Cleaves, H. James
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 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