Formation of Abasic Oligomers in Nonenzymatic Polymerization of Canonical Nucleotides

Formation of Abasic Oligomers in Nonenzymatic Polymerization of Canonical Nucleotides

Polymerization of nucleotides under prebiotically plausible conditions has been a focus of several origins of life studies. Non-activated nucleotides have been shown to undergo polymerization under geothermal conditions when subjected to dry-wet cycles. They do so by a mechanism similar to acid-cata...

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Main Authors: Chaitanya V. Mungi, Niraja V. Bapat, Yayoi Hongo, Sudha Rajamani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-07-01
Series:Life
Subjects:
prebiotic polymerization
nucleotide oligomerization
abasic oligomers
nucleotide stability
stability as a selection pressure
dry-wet cycles
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2075-1729/9/3/57

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