On the Growth Rate of Non-Enzymatic Molecular Replicators
It is well known that non-enzymatic template directed molecular replicators X + nO -> 2X exhibit parabolic growth d[X]/dt -> k[X]1/2. Here, we analyze the dependence of the effective replication rate constant k on hybridization energies, temperature, strand length, and sequence composi...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2011-10-01
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Series: | Entropy |
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Online Access: | http://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/13/10/1882/ |