Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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4359119 | Research in Microbiology | 2009 | 8 Pages |
Abstract
In pursuing the origin of informational polymers, we followed the assumption that their spontaneous formation could only have occurred: (i) if all the components were present at the same site and in the same reaction, and (ii) if the thermodynamics of the processes involved favored a polymerized over a monomeric state of the precursors. A plausible scenario satisfying both assumptions is provided.
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Authors
Raffaele Saladino, Claudia Crestini, Fabiana Ciciriello, Samanta Pino, Giovanna Costanzo, Ernesto Di Mauro,