Formamide as the main building block in the origin of nucleic acids

The simplest molecules grouping the four most common elements of the universe H,C,O and N (with the exception of the biologically inert He) are isocyanate HNCO and formamide H(2)NCOH. Reasons for the availability of formamide on prebiotic Earth are presented. We review evidence showing that formamid...

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Main Authors:	Costanzo, Giovanna, Saladino, Raffaele, Crestini, Claudia, Ciciriello, Fabiana, Di Mauro, Ernesto
Format:	Artigo
Language:	Inglês
Published:	BioMed Central\|1 2007
Subjects:	Research
Online Access:	https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1963486/ https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17767725 https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-7-S2-S1
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Formamide as the main building block in the origin of nucleic acids

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