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Non-canonical nucleosides and chemistry of the emergence of life

Prebiotic chemistry, driven by changing environmental parameters provides canonical and a multitude of non-canonical nucleosides. This suggests that Watson-Crick base pairs were selected from a diverse pool of nucleosides in a pre-Darwinian chemical evolution process.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Becker, Sidney, Schneider, Christina, Crisp, Antony, Carell, Thomas
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/PMC6289997/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30538241
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07222-w
Descripción
Sumario:Prebiotic chemistry, driven by changing environmental parameters provides canonical and a multitude of non-canonical nucleosides. This suggests that Watson-Crick base pairs were selected from a diverse pool of nucleosides in a pre-Darwinian chemical evolution process.