Prebiotic Amino Acids as Asymmetric Catalysts
Prebiotic Amino Acids as Asymmetric Catalysts
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Washington, DC: American Association for the Advancement of Science
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Carbonaceous meteorites contain amino acids displaying asymmetry that has the same sign as terrestrial amino acids, thus, it is reasonable to ask whether these chiral compounds, acquired upon delivery to the early Eath, could have played a role in the origin of homochirality by transferring their asymmetry to other prebiotic building blocks, such a...
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Prebiotic Amino Acids as Asymmetric Catalysts
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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_80173383
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_80173383
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0036-8075
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1095-9203
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10.1126/science.1093057
