Yufen Zhao

PhosphorusChemistry and the Origin of Life: From N -PhosphorylAmino Acid to Protocell

Conspectus A central question in origin-of-life research is how biological macromolecules and cellular structures arose from simple precursors under prebiotic conditions. This review focuses on the chemical evolution model of N-phosphoryl amino acids (NPAAs) and their multifacete...