The Origin of Biological Homochirality

Rationalization of Asymmetric Amplification via Autocatalysis Triggered by Isotopically Chiral Molecules

(2018) Neil A. Hawbaker et al.   ACS Central Science

Meteoritic Amino Acids: Diversity in Compositions Reflects Parent Body Histories

(2016) Jamie E. Elsila et al.   ACS Central Science

On the Origin of Single Chirality of Amino Acids and Sugars in Biogenesis

(2012) Jason E. Hein et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

A route to enantiopure RNA precursors from nearly racemic starting materials

(2011) Jason E. Hein et al.   Nature Chemistry

Unusual Inverse Temperature Dependence on Reaction Rate in the Asymmetric Autocatalytic Alkylation of Pyrimidyl Aldehydes

(2010) Michela Quaranta et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

L-amino acids catalyze the formation of an excess of D-glyceraldehyde, and thus of other D sugars, under credible prebiotic conditions

(2010) R. Breslow et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The Origin of Biological Homochirality

(2010) D. G. Blackmond   Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology

Synthesis of activated pyrimidine ribonucleotides in prebiotically plausible conditions

(2009) Matthew W. Powner et al.   NATURE

On the origin of terrestrial homochirality for nucleosides and amino acids

(2009) R. Breslow et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Asymmetric Autocatalysis Triggered by Carbon Isotope (13C/12C) Chirality

(2009) T. Kawasaki et al.   SCIENCE

Evolution of Solid Phase Homochirality for a Proteinogenic Amino Acid

(2008) Cristobal Viedma et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Emergence of a Single Solid Chiral State from a Nearly Racemic Amino Acid Derivative

(2008) Wim L. Noorduin et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Enantioselective Synthesis and Enantiomeric Amplification of Amino Acids under Prebiotic Conditions

(2008) Mindy Levine et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS