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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-3-26
pubmed:abstractText
Experiments imitating spontaneous geothermal occurrences have yielded most of the amino acids found in protein. All of the amino acids found in protein are simultaneously condensed, by heating in a range of appropriate conditions, to polymers which have many of the properties of proteins. These properties include molecular weights of many thousand, digestibility by proteolytic enzymes, and catalytic activities. One of the other properties is the tendency to form structured units; these units have many of the attributes of biocells. The processes indicated, and others, comprise a conceptual continuum which, according to accumulated information, must have occurred under the conditions existing in regions of the primitive Earth.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
S
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0075-9422
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
4
pubmed:owner
NASA
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
111-20
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1966
pubmed:articleTitle
Simulation of organismic morphology and behavior by synthetic poly-alpha-amino acids.
pubmed:affiliation
Institute of Molecular Evolution, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.