Symmetry breaking and chiral amplification in prebiotic ligation reactions
Min Deng, Jinhan Yu, Donna G. Blackmond
Topics & Concepts
Chirality (physics)ChemistryAbiogenesisMonomerNucleic acidEnantiomerHomochiralityMoleculeNative chemical ligationCombinatorial chemistryAmino acidStereochemistrySymmetry breakingPolymerChiral symmetry breakingOrganic chemistryChemical synthesisBiologyBiochemistryPhysicsGeneticsIn vitroNambu–Jona-Lasinio modelQuantum mechanicsOrigins and Evolution of LifeRNA and protein synthesis mechanismsProtein Structure and Dynamics