Figure 1-8. Life as an autocatalytic process.

Figure 1-8Life as an autocatalytic process

Polynucleotides (nucleotide polymers) and proteins (amino acid polymers) provide the sequence information and the catalytic functions that serve—through a complex set of chemical reactions—to bring about the synthesis of more polynucleotides and proteins of the same types.

From: The Universal Features of Cells on Earth

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