Wet-dry cycles enable the parallel origin of canonical and non-canonical nucleosides by continuous synthesis
How RNA building blocks have formed on an early Earth by a continuous process is still a mystery awaiting its solution. Here, the authors report that fluctuations of physical parameters like temperature and pH could have been enough to facilitate nucleoside formation from simple starting materials.
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2018-01-01
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| Series: | Nature Communications |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-02639-1 |