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Inorganic Clays as Possible Prebiotic Peptide Templates
Author(s) -
PaechtHorowitz Mella
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
israel journal of chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.908
H-Index - 54
eISSN - 1869-5868
pISSN - 0021-2148
DOI - 10.1002/ijch.197300035
Subject(s) - chemistry , amino acid , montmorillonite , template , polymerization , peptide , prebiotic , combinatorial chemistry , organic chemistry , biochemistry , polymer , nanotechnology , materials science
Experiments on copolymerizations of various pairs of amino acid adenylates in the presence of montmorillonite are described. Only amino acids small enough to be able to enter in between the layers of the clay are able to polymerize. Those amino acids which do so, copolymerize according to certain preferences.