How DNA and RNA subunits might have formed to make the first genetic alphabet

Kristian Le Vay and Hannes Mutschler ()

Nature, 2020, vol. 582, issue 7810, 33-34

Abstract: Understanding the prebiotic origins of the nucleic acids is a long-standing challenge. The latest experiments support the idea that the first nucleic acid encoded information using a mixed ‘alphabet’ of RNA and DNA subunits.

Keywords: Organic; chemistry (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1038/d41586-020-01566-4

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