The Effect of Limited Diffusion and Wet–Dry Cycling on Reversible Polymerization Reactions: Implications for Prebiotic Synthesis of Nucleic Acids
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results
3.1. Dimer Formation Model
3.1.1. Case 1—Dry Phase with Diffusion Permitted
3.1.2. Case 2—Dry Phase without Diffusion
3.1.3. Case 3—Alternating Dry and Wet Cycles
3.2. Polymerization Model
3.2.1. Well-Mixed Case
3.2.2. Lattice Model for Polymerization
3.2.3. Lattice Model for Polymerization with Wet–Dry Cycling
3.3. Polymerization Model with Monomer Influx
4. Discussion
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Higgs, P.G. The Effect of Limited Diffusion and Wet–Dry Cycling on Reversible Polymerization Reactions: Implications for Prebiotic Synthesis of Nucleic Acids. Life 2016, 6, 24. https://doi.org/10.3390/life6020024
Higgs PG. The Effect of Limited Diffusion and Wet–Dry Cycling on Reversible Polymerization Reactions: Implications for Prebiotic Synthesis of Nucleic Acids. Life. 2016; 6(2):24. https://doi.org/10.3390/life6020024
Chicago/Turabian StyleHiggs, Paul G. 2016. "The Effect of Limited Diffusion and Wet–Dry Cycling on Reversible Polymerization Reactions: Implications for Prebiotic Synthesis of Nucleic Acids" Life 6, no. 2: 24. https://doi.org/10.3390/life6020024