Abstract Experimental evidence that longitudinally polarized electrons having the handedness characteristic of terrestrial beta-decay electrons preferentially remove D-leucine from a racemic mixture, coupled with the probable presence $ of^{14} $C in pre-biotic molecules, offers a plausible hypothesis for the origin of biomolecular handedness.


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    Title :

    On the origin of biological chirality via natural beta-decay


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Origins of life ; 8 , 1 ; 21-23


    Publication date :

    1977




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English



    Classification :

    BKL:    44.71 Verkehrsmedizin
    Local classification TIB:    535/3908/4290



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