Publications by authors named "Franziska Welsch"

Proline is one of the proteinogenic amino acids. It is found in all kingdoms of life. It also has remarkable activity as an organocatalyst and is of structural importance in many folded polypeptides.

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The synthesis of complementary strands is the reaction underlying the replication of genetic information. It is likely that the earliest self-replicating systems used RNA as genetic material. How RNA was copied in the absence of enzymes and what sequences were most likely to have supported replication is not clear.

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