Thermodynamic and Kinetic Sequence Selection in Enzyme-Free Polymer Self-Assembly inside a Non-equilibrium RNA Reactor

The RNA world is one of the principal hypotheses to explain the emergence of living systems on the prebiotic Earth. It posits that RNA oligonucleotides acted as both carriers of information as well as catalytic molecules, promoting their own replication. However, it does not explain the origin of th...

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Main Authors: Tobias Göppel, Joachim H. Rosenberger, Bernhard Altaner, Ulrich Gerland
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-04-01
Series:Life
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2075-1729/12/4/567