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It has been found that, contrary to recent reports, peptides are not detectable products from alanine-ATP-Decalso-montmorillonite mixtures. The peptides appear only when pre-formed adenylates are reacted in the presence of montmorillonite.
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Warden, J.T., McCullough, J.J., Lemmon, R.M. et al. A re-examination of the zeolite-promoted, clay-mediated peptide synthesis. J Mol Evol 4, 189–194 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01732023
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