Life as a guide to prebiotic nucleotide synthesis

Abstract Synthesis of activated nucleotides has been accomplished under ‘prebiotically plausible’ conditions, but bears little resemblance to the chemistry of life as we know it. Here we argue that life is an indispensable guide to its own origins.

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Autores principales: Stuart A. Harrison, Nick Lane
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:6b176e663fe34d5496b59c3370e43d9a2021-12-02T17:32:45ZLife as a guide to prebiotic nucleotide synthesis10.1038/s41467-018-07220-y2041-1723https://doaj.org/article/6b176e663fe34d5496b59c3370e43d9a2018-12-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07220-yhttps://doaj.org/toc/2041-1723Abstract Synthesis of activated nucleotides has been accomplished under ‘prebiotically plausible’ conditions, but bears little resemblance to the chemistry of life as we know it. Here we argue that life is an indispensable guide to its own origins.Stuart A. HarrisonNick LaneNature PortfolioarticleScienceQENNature Communications, Vol 9, Iss 1, Pp 1-4 (2018)
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Life as a guide to prebiotic nucleotide synthesis
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