Article
A chiroselective peptide replicator.
Nature - 15 Feb 2001
Saghatelian A, Yokobayashi Y, Soltani K, Ghadiri M R
Abstract excerpt
The origin of homochirality in living systems is often attributed to the generation of enantiomeric differences in a pool of chiral prebiotic molecules, but none of the possible physiochemical processes considered can produce the significant imbalance required if homochiral biopolymers are to result from simple coupling of suitable precursor molecules. This implies a central role either for additional processes...
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