Is formamide nature’s choice to create life? Comment on the paper “Formamide and the origin of life” by Raffaele Saladino et al.

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Authors	ŠPONEROVÁ Judit ŠPONER Jiří
Year of publication	2012
Type	Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source	PHYSICS OF LIFE REVIEWS
MU Faculty or unit	Central European Institute of Technology
Citation
Web	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1571064511001606
Doi	http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.plrev.2011.12.015
Field	Biophysics
Keywords	formamide; prebiotic; synthesis; nucleobases
Attached files	Phys_Life_Rev-comment.pdf
Description	Formamide is one of the most ubiquitous molecules in space. This simple molecule is basically an adduct of water and the highly reactive HCN, which is believed to be one of the most potent prebiotic precursor molecules.
Related projects:	Biomolecular centre CEITEC - Central European Institute of Technology