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Life as a guide to prebiotic nucleotide synthesis

Synthesis of activated nucleotides has been accomplished under ‘prebiotically plausible’ conditions, but bears little resemblance to the chemistry of life as we know it. Here we argue that life is an indispensable guide to its own origins.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Harrison, Stuart A., Lane, Nick
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6289992/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30538225
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07220-y
Descripción
Sumario:Synthesis of activated nucleotides has been accomplished under ‘prebiotically plausible’ conditions, but bears little resemblance to the chemistry of life as we know it. Here we argue that life is an indispensable guide to its own origins.