A simple model of the thermal prebiotic oligomerization of amino acids

F G Mosqueira1, S Ramos-Bernal, A Negrón-Mendoza

  • 1Dirección General de Divulgación de la Ciencia, UNAM. Cd. Universitaria, A.p. 70-487, 04510, D.F., México, Mexico.

Bio Systems
|September 27, 2000
PubMed

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