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New origin of life theory may explain biomolecular handedness. 2024

Robert F Service

Experiments suggest chemical reaction rates explain how proteins came to be built from left-handed building blocks.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007839 Functional Laterality Behavioral manifestations of cerebral dominance in which there is preferential use and superior functioning of either the left or the right side, as in the preferred use of the right hand or right foot. Ambidexterity,Behavioral Laterality,Handedness,Laterality of Motor Control,Mirror Writing,Laterality, Behavioral,Laterality, Functional,Mirror Writings,Motor Control Laterality,Writing, Mirror,Writings, Mirror
D004151 Dipeptides Peptides composed of two amino acid units. Dipeptide
D000069497 Origin of Life The process by which life began. Prebiotic Chemical Evolution,Genesis of Life,Chemical Evolution, Prebiotic,Evolution, Prebiotic Chemical,Life Genesis,Life Origin,Life Origins,Prebiotic Chemical Evolutions
D000596 Amino Acids Organic compounds that generally contain an amino (-NH2) and a carboxyl (-COOH) group. Twenty alpha-amino acids are the subunits which are polymerized to form proteins. Amino Acid,Acid, Amino,Acids, Amino

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