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Alanine, starting from alanine-adenylate, has been polymerized in the presence of non-swelling Al-montmorillonite. The yield of polymerization is much lower than that obtained in the presence of swelling Na-montmorillonite. The possibility that the changing interlayer spacing in Na-montmorillonite might be responsible for its catalytic properties, is discussed.
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Paecht-Horowitz, M., Lahav, N. Polymerization of alanine in the presence of a non-swelling montmorillonite. J Mol Evol 10, 73–76 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01796135
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