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Photochemical Concepts on the Origin of Biomolecular Asymmetry

Meierhenrich, Uwe J.; Thiemann, Wolfram H. -P.

Biopolymers like DNA and proteins are strongly selective towards the chirality of their monomer units. The use of homochiral monomers is regarded as essential for the construction and function of biopolymers; the emergence of the molecular asymmetry is therefore considered as a fundamental step in Chemical Evolution. This work focuses on physicoch…