Catalysing mirror life

Renders, M. and Pinheiro, Vitor B. (2015) Catalysing mirror life. ChemBioChem 16 (6), pp. 899-901. ISSN 1439-4227.

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cbic.201500010

Abstract

Origin of life: Although current life is homochiral (with D nucleic acids), little is known about how homochirality emerged or even if it was a necessary step. The isolation of cross-chiral nucleic acid ligases demonstrate that an early heterochiral life could have been possible.

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Item Type:	Article
Keyword(s) / Subject(s):	directed evolution, origin of life, ribozyme, RNA world
School:	Birkbeck Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Science > School of Natural Sciences
Research Centres and Institutes:	Structural Molecular Biology, Institute of (ISMB)
Depositing User:	Administrator
Date Deposited:	09 Mar 2015 16:11
Last Modified:	02 Aug 2023 17:15
URI:	https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/11803

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