Chirality and Life : A Short Introduction to the Early Phases of Chemical Evolution - Flügel, Rolf M.; SpringerLink (Online service) (Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2011)
Part I. Physico-chemical Principles -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Formation of Primordial Bioorganic Molecules -- 3. Hidden Aspects of Chirality -- 4. RNAs and Their Constituents -- 5. Proteins and Their Constituents -- 6. Membranes -- 7. Compounds Required for Life Part II. Scenarios of Ancient Worlds -- 8. The RNA World Involves RNA as a First Genetic System -- 9. Peptide and Protein World -- 10. Combinations of the RNA with the Peptide World -- 11. The Precellular World of Viruses -- 12. Combinations of Different Worlds -- 13. The Iron Sulfide World of Proto-Metabolism -- 14. The Genetic Code.
Keywords: Biochemistry; Biochemistry, general