TUS researchers simulate aminoacylation, a reaction that occurs in RNA, to understand why only certain amino acids occur exclusively in nature. (IMAGE)

Tokyo University of Science

TUS researchers simulate aminoacylation, a reaction that occurs in RNA, to understand why only certain amino acids occur exclusively in nature.

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Chiral-selective chemical reaction in a primordial RNA minihelix studied using experiments and computer simulations.

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Tadashi Ando from TUS

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