Guanine: Formation during the Thermal Polymerization of Amino Acids
- 27 March 1964
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 143 (3613), 1449-1450
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.143.3613.1449
Abstract
The action of heat on a mixture of amino acids was studied as a possible abiological pathway for the synthesis of purines and pyrimidines. Guanine was detected. This result is significant in the context of chemical evolution.Keywords
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