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Non-canonical nucleosides and chemistry of the emergence of life.

Authors :
Becker S
Schneider C
Crisp A
Carell T
Source :
Nature communications [Nat Commun] 2018 Dec 12; Vol. 9 (1), pp. 5174. Date of Electronic Publication: 2018 Dec 12.
Publication Year :
2018

Abstract

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.

Subjects

Subjects :
Amino Acids chemistry
Atmosphere chemistry
Base Pairing
Models, Chemical
Molecular Structure
RNA chemical synthesis
RNA chemistry
Earth, Planet
Evolution, Chemical
Nucleosides chemistry
Origin of Life

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
2041-1723
Volume :
9
Issue :
1
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
Nature communications
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
30538241
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07222-w
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