Template-directed polynucleotide synthesis on mineral surfaces
- 1 April 1985
- journal article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Journal of Molecular Evolution
- Vol. 21 (3), 299-300
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02102362
Abstract
Ferric hydroxide, a plausible prebiotic material, strongly adsorbs polynucleotides. We show that adsorption on ferric hydroxide and on several other minerals has no effect, under the conditions studies, on the template-directed oligomerization of guanylic acid on polycytidylic acid.Keywords
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