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Parity violation energy of biomolecules - III: RNA

Francesco FaglioniInmaculada García CuestaPaolo Lazzeretti

subject

chemistry.chemical_classificationPhysicsQuantitative Biology::BiomoleculesBiomoleculePotential effectAb initioGeneral Physics and AstronomyRNAParity violation; biomoleculesParity (physics)Dna double helixbiomoleculeschemistry.chemical_compoundchemistryParity violationComputational chemistryChemical physicsPhysical and Theoretical ChemistryHomochiralityDNA

description

The energy of parity-violation associated with a typical DNA double helix is estimated with ab initio techniques. It is shown that weak-nuclear interactions do not favor the formation of the double helices found in nature. Possible implications regarding the potential effect of parity-violation interactions on the evolution of biological homochirality are discussed.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2006-12-01
10.1016/j.cplett.2006.10.030https://hdl.handle.net/11380/306041