The ineluctable requirement for the trans-iron elements molybdenum and/or tungsten in the origin of life.

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Published in Sci Rep on February 13, 2012

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Barbara Schoepp-Cothenet, Robert van Lis, Pascal Philippot, Axel Magalon, Michael J Russell, Wolfgang Nitschke

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