Asymmetry in Biological Homochirality

• Other Authors: Hochberg, David (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2021
• Subjects: Research & information: general; biochirality; post-translational modifications; protein folding; protein aggregation; spontaneous chemical reactions; neurodegeneration; non-equilibrium phase transitions; chiral symmetry breaking; entropy production; closed systems; nonequilibrium; dissipative structures; mirror symmetry breaking; biological chirality; liquid crystals; proto-RNA; networks; compartmentalization; chiral liquids; cubic phases; prebiotic chemistry; chirality amplification; helical self-assembly; chiral oscillations; spontaneous mirror symmetry breaking; origin of homochirality; absolute asymmetric synthesis; biological homochirality; chemical abiotic evolution; chirality; origin of life; dissipative reaction systems
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Chirality, or handedness, is a fundamental physical characteristic, which spans the length scales ranging from elementary particles to the chiral asymmetry of spiral galaxies. The way in which chirality in chemistry, or molecular handedness, may have emerged in a primitive terrestrial environment, a...