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  schema location: http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-2.xsd
  title info:
    title: Chirality and Life
    sub title: A Short Introduction to the Early Phases of Chemical Evolution
  name:
    name part: Flügel, Rolf M.
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: SpringerLink (Online service)
  type of resource: text
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: gw
    date issued: 2011
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: electronic
    form: electronic resource
    reformatting quality: access
    form: remote
    extent: IX, 90p. 15 illus., 10 illus. in color. online resource.
  abstract: This book presents the fascinating formation of the first simple bioorganic molecules and describes the hidden aspects of chiral compounds, which raise questions on the molecular beginnings of life. The occurrences of extraterrestrial, non-standard amino acids in meteorites are dealt with in detail, as well as their subsequent transfer to proteinogenic amino acids. The concept of asymmetric organo-catalysis for the synthesis of carbohydrates and ribonucleosides are considered. The notion of a single amino acid that functions as an enzyme is developed. Attempts to simulate ancient world scenarios are critically reviewed. There is a special focus on ribozymes and the resulting RNA world. Combinations of different world scenarios are discussed in view of an on-going evolution. The currently most plausible hypotheses and visions of ancient world scenarios that led to today’s DNA world are also provided. Included is a pre-cellular world of viruses that is presented for the first time.
  table of contents: Part I. Physico-chemical Principles -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Formation of Primordial Bioorganic Molecules -- 3. Hidden Aspects of Chirality -- 4. RNAs and Their Constituents -- 5. Proteins and Their Constituents -- 6. Membranes -- 7. Compounds Required for Life Part II. Scenarios of Ancient Worlds -- 8. The RNA World Involves RNA as a First Genetic System -- 9. Peptide and Protein World -- 10. Combinations of the RNA with the Peptide World -- 11. The Precellular World of Viruses -- 12. Combinations of Different Worlds -- 13. The Iron Sulfide World of Proto-Metabolism -- 14. The Genetic Code.
  note: by Rolf M. Flügel.
  subject:
    topic: Life sciences
  subject:
    topic: Biochemistry
  subject:
    topic: Life Sciences
  subject:
    topic: Biochemistry, general
  classification: QH345
  classification: QD415-436
  classification: 572
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    title info:
      title: Springer eBooks
  identifier: 9783642169779
  identifier: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-16977-9
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    record creation date: 110110
    record change date: 20130725203702.0
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