tRNA Core Hypothesis for the Transition from the RNA World to the Ribonucleoprotein World [PDF]
Life, 2016 Herein we present the tRNA core hypothesis, which emphasizes the central role of tRNAs molecules in the origin and evolution of fundamental biological processes.
Savio T. de Farias +2 more
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Multi-agent approach to sequence structure simulation in the RNA World hypothesis.
PLoS ONE, 2020 The origins of life on Earth have been the subject of inquiry since the early days of philosophical thought and are still intensively investigated by the researchers around the world.
Jaroslaw Synak +2 more
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A Hypothesis: Life Initiated from Two Genes, as Deduced from the RNA World Hypothesis and the Characteristics of Life-Like Systems [PDF]
Life, 2016 RNA played a central role in the emergence of the first life-like system on primitive Earth since RNA molecules contain both genetic information and catalytic activity. However, there are several drawbacks regarding the RNA world hypothesis.
Kunio Kawamura
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The RNA World: Piecing together the historical development of a hypothesis
Mètode Science Studies Journal: Annual Review, 2016 The concept of an RNA world is a hypothesis firmly rooted in empirical data and is part of a long and complex scientific perspective that goes back more than fifty years to the discovery of the central role RNA and ribonucleotides play in protein ...
Antonio Lazcano
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The RNA world hypothesis: the worst theory of the early evolution of life (except for all the others)a [PDF]
Biology Direct, 2012 The problems associated with the RNA world hypothesis are well known. In the following I discuss some of these difficulties, some of the alternative hypotheses that have been proposed, and some of the problems with these alternative models.
Bernhardt Harold S
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The RNA World Hypothesis: A Critical Reassessment of Prebiotic Plausibility
BioCosmosThe RNA world hypothesis (RWH) proposes that life originated from self-replicating RNA molecules, yet its prebiotic plausibility remains poorly quantified.
Truman Royal J.
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Case for an RNA–prion world: a hypothesis based on conformational diversity [PDF]
Journal of Biological Physics, 2011 Prions and other misfolded proteins can impart their structure and functions to normal molecules. Based upon a thorough structural assessment of RNA, prions and misfolded proteins, especially from the perspective of conformational diversity, we propose a case for co-existence of these in the pre-biotic world. Analyzing the evolution of physical aspects
Param Priya Singh +2 more
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Development of a Functionally Minimized Mutant of the R3C Ligase Ribozyme Offers Insight into the Plausibility of the RNA World Hypothesis [PDF]
Biology, 2014 The R3C ligase ribozyme is an artificial ligase ribozyme produced by modification of the ribozyme that lacks cytidine. Here, we attempted to modify the original R3C ribozyme (73 nucleotides) by reducing the number of nucleotides while maintaining the maximum possible catalytic efficiency. By partially deleting both the “grip” (P4 + P5) and “hammer” (P3)
Takuya Umehara +2 more
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Editorial: RNA world hypothesis and the origin of life: Astrochemistry perspective
Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences, 2022 Ashraf Ali +2 more
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Assumption and Criticism on RNA World Hypothesis from Ribozymes to Functional Cells [PDF]
Bioengineering and Bioscience, 2021 The origin of life has long baffled scientists, trying to shed some light on the universe of the unknown we live in. The RNA world hypothesis is merely an idea that tries to grasp the root of life by going beyond phylogenetic trees, and the ‘Drawinian threshold'.
Sami EL Khatib, Ahmad Raslan
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