Prebiotic metabolism gets a boost

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¹ School of Chemistry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. a.fahrenbach@unsw.edu.au.
² School of Chemistry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

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Albert C Fahrenbach et al. Nat Chem. 2020 Nov.

. 2020 Nov;12(11):982-985.

doi: 10.1038/s41557-020-00567-0.

¹ School of Chemistry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. a.fahrenbach@unsw.edu.au.
² School of Chemistry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

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