Self-Propagating β-Sheet Polypeptide Structures as Prebiotic Informational Molecular Entities: The Amyloid World

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  2009

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  Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres

• Publication date

  2009-03-20

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  Biology, Medicine, Materials Science

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  DOI 10.1007/s11084-009-9165-6PMID 19301141
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