| Literature DB >> 896189 |
H P Noyes, W A Bonner, J A Tomlin.
Abstract
Experimental evidence that longitudinally polarized electrons having the handedness characteristic of terrestrial beta-decay electrons preferentially remove D-leucine from a racemic mixture, coupled with the probable presence of 14C in pre-biotic molecules, offers a plausible hypothesis for the origin of biomolecular handedness.Entities:
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Year: 1977 PMID: 896189 DOI: 10.1007/bf00930935
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Orig Life ISSN: 0302-1688