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Template-Directed RNA Polymerization: The Taming of the Milieu
ChemBioChem (2011)
  • Niles Lehman, Portland State University
  • Eric J. Hayden
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Abstract
No-bias binding: The abiotic template-directed synthesis of RNA could have been a key process in the origins of life on Earth. Recreating this process in the laboratory has been challenging, yet a combination of strategies has given rise to a synthesis that is both efficient and unbiased against any of the four nucleotides.
Keywords
  • polymerization,
  • prebiotic chemistry,
  • replication,
  • RNA,
  • template synthesis
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Publication Date
December 16, 2011
Citation Information
Niles Lehman and Eric J. Hayden. "Template-Directed RNA Polymerization: The Taming of the Milieu" ChemBioChem Vol. 12 Iss. 18 (2011)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/eric_hayden/6/