Possible Prebiotic Condensation of Mononucleotides by Cyanamide
- 30 July 1971
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 173 (3995) , 444-446
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.173.3995.444
Abstract
The condensation of mononucleotides has been carried out in aqueous solution at neutral pH in the presence of cyanamide. Oligodeoxyribonucleotides up to five units have been formed when montmorillonite was present.Keywords
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