| Literature DB >> 3627763 |
D Lazard, N Lahav, J B Orenberg.
Abstract
Experimental results are presented for the verification of the first adsorption step of the 'adsorbed template' biogeochemical cycle, a simple model for a primitive prebiotic replication system. The adsorption of Poly-C, Poly-U, Poly-A, Poly-G, and 5'-AMP, 5'-GMP, 5'-CMP and 5'-UMP onto gypsum was studied. It was found that under the conditions of the experiment, the polymers have a very high affinity for the mineral surface, while the monomers adsorb much less efficiently.Entities:
Keywords: NASA Discipline Exobiology; Non-NASA Center
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Year: 1987 PMID: 3627763 DOI: 10.1007/BF01808241
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Orig Life Evol Biosph ISSN: 0169-6149 Impact factor: 1.950