Amino Acids and the Asymmetry of Life Caught in the Act of Formation /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Meierhenrich, Uwe (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2008.
• Σειρά: Advances in Astrobiology and Biogeophysics,
• Θέματα: Life sciences.; Bioorganic chemistry.; Geobiology.; Biochemistry.; Proteins.; Space sciences.; Astrobiology.; Life Sciences.; Protein Science.; Bioorganic Chemistry.; Biogeosciences.; Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences.; Biochemistry, general.

"How did life originate and why were left-handed molecules selected for its architecture?" This question of high public and interdisciplinary scientific interest is the central theme of this book. It is widely known that in processes triggering the origin of life on Earth, the equal occurr...

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• Minority Report: Life’s Chiral Molecules of Opposite Handedness
• When Crystals Deliver Chirality to Life
• When Parity Falls: The Weak Nuclear Interaction
• Chiral Fields: Light, Magnetism, and Chirality
• Key to the Prebiotic Origin of Amino Acids
• A New Record for Chiral Molecules in Meteorites
• The New Space Race: Chiral Molecules on Comets and on Mars
• Accelerating the Carousel: Amplification Mechanisms.