- Peptides En Route from Prebiotic to Biotic Catalysis
2024/07/17 by Klára Hlouchová · 12 citations
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Chemistry · Physics and Astronomy · #Abiogenesis #Amino acid #Archaea #Astrobiology #Biochemistry #Biology #Chemistry #Cofactor #Enzyme #Origins and Evolution of Life #Prebiotic #Protein Structure and Dynamics #RNA #RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms #Ribozyme
- How Droplets Can Accelerate Reactions─Coacervate Protocells as Catalytic Microcompartments
2024/07/05 by Iris B. A. Smokers, Brent S. Visser, Annemiek D. Slootbeek +2 · 35 citations
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Chemistry · Physics and Astronomy · #Abiogenesis #Astrobiology #Autocatalysis #Biochemistry #Biophysics #Catalysis #Chemical engineering #Chemical reaction #Chemistry #Chromatography #Coacervate #Materials science #Membrane #Nanotechnology #Organic chemistry #Origins and Evolution of Life #Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms #Protocell #RNA Research and Splicing #Reaction rate #Selectivity
- Is the Emergence of Life an Expected Phase Transition in the Evolving Universe?
2024/01/17 by Stuart Kauffman, Kauffman, Stuart, Andrea Roli +1 · 7 voices · 1 citation
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Physics and Astronomy · Social Sciences · #Abiogenesis #Astrobiology #Astrophysics #Biology #Closure (psychology) #Computer science #Epistemology #Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation #Evolutionary biology #Law #Meaning (existential) #Origins and Evolution of Life #Phase transition #Philosophy #Physics #Quantum mechanics #Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life #Universe #physics.bio-ph #q-bio.PE
- No Life on this Planet Without PHB
2023/04/19 by Dieter Seebach, Dieter Seebàch · 7 citations
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Chemistry · Materials Science · #Abiogenesis #Astrobiology #Biochemical Acid Research Studies #Biochemistry #Biophysics #Chemistry #Compartmentalization (fire protection) #Covalent bond #Dimer #Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization #Organic chemistry #Stereochemistry #Trimer #biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties
- Abundant phosphorus expected for possible life in Enceladus’s ocean
2022/09/19 by Jihua Hao, Christopher R. Glein, Fang Huang +5 · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · Earth and Planetary Sciences · Chemistry · #Astro and Planetary Science #Planetary Science and Exploration #Geology and Paleoclimatology Research #Enceladus #Seawater #Chemistry #Environmental chemistry #Abiogenesis #Phosphate #Dissolution #Carbonate #Weathering #Hydrosphere #Astrobiology #Geochemistry #Geology #Oceanography #Ecology #Biosphere
- Polyesters as a Model System for Building Primitive Biologies from Non-Biological Prebiotic Chemistry
2020/01/19 by Kuhan Chandru, Irena Mamajanov, Henderson James Cleaves +1 · 3 citations
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Chemistry · Physics and Astronomy · #Abiogenesis #Astrobiology #Biochemistry #Biology #Chemical biology #Chemical evolution #Chemistry #Computer science #Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction #Origins and Evolution of Life #Prebiotic #Protein Structure and Dynamics
- Is Extraterrestrial Life Suppressed on Subsurface Ocean Worlds due to the Paucity of Bioessential Elements?
2018/06/30 by Manasvi Lingam, Abraham Loeb · 8 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Physics and Astronomy · #Abiogenesis #Astro and Planetary Science #Astrobiology #Astronomy #Earth (classical element) #Earth science #Enceladus #Environmental science #Extraterrestrial life #Geology #Geology and Paleoclimatology Research #Habitability #Hydrothermal circulation #Hydrothermal vent #Paleontology #Physics #Planet #Planetary Science and Exploration #Productivity #astro-ph.EP
- Acytota – associated kingdom of neglected life
2015/08/25 by Edward N. Trifonov, Eduard Kejnovský · 1 citation
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Agricultural and Biological Sciences · #Evolution and Genetic Dynamics #Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies #Chromosomal and Genetic Variations #Kingdom #Tree of life (biology) #Nothing #Biology #Evolutionary biology #Genealogy #Variety (cybernetics) #Abiogenesis #Mobile genetic elements #Genetics #History #Phylogenetics #Plasmid #DNA #Computer science #Philosophy #Epistemology #Gene #Artificial intelligence
- Simple Organics and Biomonomers Identified in HCN Polymers: An Overview
2013/07/29 by Marta Ruiz‐Bermejo, María‐Paz Zorzano, Susana Osuna‐Esteban · 1 citation
Chemistry · Neuroscience · Physics and Astronomy · #Abiogenesis #Astro and Planetary Science #Astrobiology #Atmosphere (unit) #Chemistry #Combinatorial chemistry #Hydrogen cyanide #Materials science #Molecule #Monomer #Nanotechnology #Organic chemistry #Origins and Evolution of Life #Photoreceptor and optogenetics research #Physics #Polymer
- Approaches to the Origin of Life on Earth
2011/11/18 by Stuart Kauffman · 2 citations
Physics and Astronomy · Earth and Planetary Sciences · #Origins and Evolution of Life #Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life #Earth Systems and Cosmic Evolution #Astrobiology #Earth (classical element) #Biology #Abiogenesis #Evolutionary biology #Geology #Computational biology #Physics #Astronomy
- Serpentinization as a source of energy at the origin of life
2010/06/21 by Michael J. Russell, A. J. Hall, William Martin · 2 citations
Physics and Astronomy · Environmental Science · Earth and Planetary Sciences · Chemistry · #Origins and Evolution of Life #Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena #Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils #Hadean #Abiogenesis #Ultramafic rock #Hydrothermal circulation #Early Earth #Geochemistry #Hydrothermal vent #Astrobiology #Geology #Chemistry #Earth science #Crust #Paleontology
- How did LUCA make a living? Chemiosmosis in the origin of life
2010/01/27 by Nick Lane, John F. Allen, William Martin · 3 citations
Physics and Astronomy · Neuroscience · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Chemistry · #Origins and Evolution of Life #Photoreceptor and optogenetics research #Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms #Abiogenesis #Bioenergetics #Homogeneous #Chemiosmosis #Proton #Coupling (piping) #Chemical physics #Acceptor #Mainstream #Chemistry #Hydrothermal vent #Electrochemical gradient #Hydrothermal circulation #Physics #Biology #Thermodynamics #Paleontology #Astrobiology #Materials science #ATP synthase #Biochemistry #Membrane #Mitochondrion #Condensed matter physics #Philosophy
- Lack of evolvability in self-sustaining autocatalytic networks constraints metabolism-first scenarios for the origin of life
2010/01/04 by Vera Vasas, Eörs Szathmáry, Mauro Santos · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · #Origins and Evolution of Life #Protein Structure and Dynamics #Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction #Evolvability #RNA world hypothesis #Abiogenesis #Natural selection #Replication (statistics) #Living systems #Evolutionary biology #Biology #Darwinism #Three-domain system #Philosophy of biology #Genome #Organism #Selection (genetic algorithm) #Computational biology #Computer science #Gene #Genetics #Ecology #RNA #Philosophy of science #Epistemology #Artificial intelligence
- Information storing by biomagnetites
2009/09/01 by István Bókkon, Istvan Bókkon, Vahid Salari · 1 citation
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Chemistry · Medicine · Neuroscience · #Abiogenesis #Astrobiology #Biofield Effects and Biophysics #Biological system #Biology #Charge (physics) #Chemical physics #Chemistry #Computer science #Ecology #Electromagnetic Fields and Biological Effects #Electron #Epistemology #Evolutionary biology #Function (biology) #Living systems #Materials science #Nanotechnology #Neuroscience #Physics #Plant and Biological Electrophysiology Studies #Quantum #Quantum mechanics #Simple (philosophy)
- The origin of life in comets
2007/10/01 by W. M. Napier, J. T. Wickramasinghe, N. C. Wickramasinghe · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #Astro and Planetary Science #Origins and Evolution of Life #Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life #Astrobiology #Abiogenesis #Galaxy #Earth (classical element) #Stars #Extraterrestrial life #Circumstellar habitable zone #Early Earth #Astronomy #Physics #Exoplanet
- On the origin of biochemistry at an alkaline hydrothermal vent
2006/11/03 by William Martin, Michael J. Russell · 9 citations
Physics and Astronomy · Materials Science · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Chemistry · #Origins and Evolution of Life #Enzyme Structure and Function #Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms #Chemistry #Acetogenesis #Biochemistry #Pentose phosphate pathway #Metabolism #Abiogenesis #Methanogenesis #Phosphate #Formate #Stereochemistry #Organic chemistry #Biology #Glycolysis #Catalysis #Methane
- The two ages of the RNA world, and the transition to the DNA world: a story of viruses and cells
2005/04/13 by Patrick Forterre · 2 citations
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Environmental Science · #Abiogenesis #Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology #Bacteriophages and microbial interactions #Biology #DNA #DNA replication #Gene #Genetics #RNA #RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms #RNA editing #RNA world hypothesis #Ribozyme
- Understanding Nucleic Acids Using Synthetic Chemistry
2004/08/31 by Steven A. Benner · 37 citations
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Chemistry · #Abiogenesis #Biochemical and Molecular Research #Biochemistry #Biology #Chemistry #Combinatorial chemistry #Computational biology #DNA #DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry #Genetics #Materials science #Nanotechnology #Nucleic acid #Nucleobase #RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms #Synthetic biology
- The Prebiotic Atmosphere of the Earth
2004/01/01 by Franck Selsis · 1 citation
Environmental Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Abiogenesis #Accretion (finance) #Astro and Planetary Science #Astrobiology #Astronomy #Astrophysics #Atmosphere (unit) #Biology #Early Earth #Earth (classical element) #Earth science #Geography #Geology #Isotope Analysis in Ecology #Meteorology #Physics #Planet #Planetary Science and Exploration #Prebiotic #Terrestrial planet
- On the origins of cells: a hypothesis for the evolutionary transitions from abiotic geochemistry to chemoautotrophic prokaryotes, and from prokaryotes to nucleated cells
2003/01/29 by William Martin, Michael J. Russell · 2 citations
Physics and Astronomy · Environmental Science · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Chemistry · #Origins and Evolution of Life #Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology #Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies #Abiogenesis #Hydrothermal circulation #Abiotic component #Chemosynthesis #Redox #Hydrothermal vent #Chemistry #Protocell #Hadean #Archean #Biophysics #Geochemistry #Biology #Geology #Biochemistry #Membrane #Ecology #Paleontology #Inorganic chemistry #Astrobiology
- The survival of organic matter in bone: a review
2002/08/01 by M. J. Collins, Matthew J. Collins, Christina M. Nielsen-Marsh +17 · 52 citations
Chemistry · Medicine · Nursing · #Abiogenesis #Astrobiology #Biochemistry #Biology #Biomolecule #Biophysics #Bone and Dental Protein Studies #Bone health and osteoporosis research #Bone mineral #Chemistry #Composite material #Demineralization #Diagenesis #Dissolution #Materials science #Mineral #Mineralogy #Organic matter #Osteoporosis #Phase (matter) #Trace Elements in Health
- Self-Organization of Template-Replicating Polymers and the Spontaneous Rise of Genetic Information
2001/11/20 by Jarle Breivik · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Social Sciences · Mathematics · #Origins and Evolution of Life #Evolution and Genetic Dynamics #Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation #Computer science #Replication (statistics) #Statistical physics #Self-organization #Living systems #Biological system #Simple (philosophy) #Abiogenesis #Theoretical computer science #Physics #Artificial intelligence #Mathematics #Biology #Genetics
- Life as We Don't Know It
2000/08/25 by Günter Wächtershäuser · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · Neuroscience · #Origins and Evolution of Life #Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life #Photoreceptor and optogenetics research #Abiogenesis #Perspective (graphical) #Key (lock) #Astrobiology #Epistemology #Computer science #Philosophy #Biology #Ecology #Artificial intelligence
- Photosynthesis and the Origin of Life
1998/10/01 by Hyman Hartman · 1 citation
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Chemistry · Physics and Astronomy · #Abiogenesis #Amino acid #Biochemistry #Biology #Carbon fixation #Chemistry #Genetic code #Genetics #Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction #Organic chemistry #Origins and Evolution of Life #Photosynthesis #Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms #Polynucleotide phosphorylase #Purine #Sulfur
- The emergence of major cellular processes in evolution
1996/07/22 by Christos Ouzounis, Nikos C. Kyrpides · 2 citations
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Physics and Astronomy · #Abiogenesis #Ancestor #Archaea #Biology #Computational biology #Evolutionary biology #Extant taxon #Gene #Genetics #Genome #Genome evolution #Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies #Most recent common ancestor #Origins and Evolution of Life #Phylogenetic tree #Phylogenetics #RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms #Three-domain system