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RESEARCH PRODUCT
Prebiotic polypeptides and the origin of biological information.
Klaus Dosesubject
chemistry.chemical_classificationRibosomal ProteinsModels GeneticPrebioticmedicine.medical_treatmentOrigin of LifeProteinsTranslation (biology)General MedicineBiologyBiological EvolutionAmino acidEnzymesBiochemistrychemistryPolynucleotideProtein BiosynthesisHypercycle (chemistry)medicineAmino AcidsPeptidesEcology Evolution Behavior and Systematicsdescription
Recent data on the origin of biological information are reviewed. These data corroborate the view that polyamino acids were the first informational polymers. The source of information is seen in the chemical reactivity of amino acids, their prebiotic abundance and the prebiotic environment. Evidence is presented in favor of Matsuno's protohypercycle that may have preceded Eigen's hypercycle, but that involves a translation of information from polypeptides into that of polynucleotides.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983-08-01 | Die Naturwissenschaften |