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The TNA-family of nucleic acid systems: properties and prospects.

Origins of life and evolution of the biosphere : the journal of the International Society for the Study of the Origin of Life ·Vol. 34 ·No. 3 ·2004-06-00 ·Pages 277-306

Eschenmoser A

Abstract

This report summarizes the content of the author's lecture given at the 9th ISSOL Conference on the 'Origin of Life' in Oaxaca on 2 July 2002*. The report consists of introductory remarks followed by a reproduction of the authentic sequence of slides shown during the lecture. Each slide figure is accompanied with a short commentary on the figure's content. The lecture dealt with the structure and the properties of TNA (alpha-threofuranosyl nucleic acid) and included results of some more recent chemical investigations that had been inspired by the simplicity of TNA's molecular architecture.

MeSH Terms
Base Pairing Base Sequence Evolution, Chemical Models, Molecular Molecular Structure Nucleic Acid Conformation Nucleic Acids/chemistry Origin of Life Thermodynamics
Chemicals
Nucleic Acids
Authors & Affiliations
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Eschenmoser Albert
Laboratory of Organic Chemistry, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Hönggerberg HCI, Zürich, Switzerland. eschenmoser@org.chem.ethz.ch
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Article Info
Journal
Origins of life and evolution of the biosphere : the journal of the International Society for the Study of the Origin of Life
Abbr.
Orig Life Evol Biosph
ISSN
0169-6149
DOI
10.1023/b:orig.0000016450.59665.f4
Email
eschenmoser@org.chem.ethz.ch
Published
2004-06-00
Pages
277-306
Language
English
Region
Netherlands
NLM ID
8610391
Subset
IM
External Links
PubMed source DOI: 10.1023/b:orig.0000016450.59665.f4 View journal details
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