Life as a guide to prebiotic nucleotide synthesis.
basic_science · Level V
Where this comes from
- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 30538225.
- Also identified by DOI 10.1038/s41467-018-07220-y and PMC identifier 6289992.
- Licence recorded as CC BY.
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Abstract
Synthesis of activated nucleotides has been accomplished under 'prebiotically plausible' conditions, but bears little resemblance to the chemistry of life as we know it. Here we argue that life is an indispensable guide to its own origins.
Medical subject headings
- Evolution, Chemical
- Nucleotides
- Origin of Life
- RNA