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Review
. 2016 Jan 4;55(1):104-21.
doi: 10.1002/anie.201506585. Epub 2015 Oct 29.

The Origin of Life--Out of the Blue

John D Sutherland  1
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The Origin of Life--Out of the Blue

John D Sutherland. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. .

Abstract

Either to sustain autotrophy, or as a prelude to heterotrophy, organic synthesis from an environmentally available C1 feedstock molecule is crucial to the origin of life. Recent findings augment key literature results and suggest that hydrogen cyanide--"Blausäure"--was that feedstock.

Keywords: amino acids; hydrogen cyanide; prebiotic chemistry; ribonucleotides; systems chemistry.

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