Prebiotic Chemistry - From Simple Amphiphiles to Protocell Models

D.W. Deamer, J.P. Dworkin: Chemistry and Physics of Primitive Membranes.-
R.Saladino, C. Crestini, G. Costanzo, E. DiMauro: On the Prebiotic Synthesis of Nucleobases, Nucleotides, Oligonucleotides, Pre-RNA and Pre-DNA Molecules.-
R. Pascal, L. Boiteau, A. Commeyras: From the Prebiotic Synthesis of alpha-Amino Acids Towards a Primitive Translation Apparatus for the Synthesis of Peptides.-
I. Weissbuch, L:Leiserowitz, M. Lahav: Stochastic "Mirror-Symmetry Breaking" via Self-Assembly, Reactivity and Amplification of Chirality: Relevance to Abiotic Conditions.-
E. Szathmry, M.Santos, C. Fernando: Evolutionary Potential and Requirements for Minimal Protocells

List of contents

D.W. Deamer, J.P. Dworkin: Chemistry and Physics of Primitive Membranes.-
R.Saladino, C. Crestini, G. Costanzo, E. DiMauro: On the Prebiotic Synthesis of Nucleobases, Nucleotides, Oligonucleotides, Pre-RNA and Pre-DNA Molecules.-
R. Pascal, L. Boiteau, A. Commeyras: From the Prebiotic Synthesis of alpha-Amino Acids Towards a Primitive Translation Apparatus for the Synthesis of Peptides.-
I. Weissbuch, L:Leiserowitz, M. Lahav: Stochastic "Mirror-Symmetry Breaking" via Self-Assembly, Reactivity and Amplification of Chirality: Relevance to Abiotic Conditions.-
E. Szathmáry, M.Santos, C. Fernando: Evolutionary Potential and Requirements for Minimal Protocells

About the author

Peter Walde ist Titularprofessor und Privatdozent am Institut für Polymere der ETH Zürich.

Product details

• Assisted by: Pete Walde (Editor), Peter Walde (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.10.2005
• EAN: 9783540277590
• ISBN: 978-3-540-27759-0
• No. of pages: 224
• Weight: 530 g
• Illustrations: XII, 224 p.
• Series: Topics in Current Chemistry; Topics in Current Chemistry
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Chemistry; Biochemie, Organische Chemie, C, ORGANIC CHEMISTRY, Life Sciences, biochemistry, chemistry, Chemistry and Materials Science, Biochemistry, general, Chemistry/Food Science, general