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Arginine cofactors on the polymerase ribozyme. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2011 The RNA world hypothesis states that the early evolution of life went through a stage in which RNA served both as genome and as catalyst. The central catalyst in an RNA world organism would have been a ribozyme that catalyzed RNA polymerization to ...
Chengguo Yao +4 more
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RNA Synthesis by in Vitro Selected Ribozymes for Recreating an RNA World
Life, 2015 The RNA world hypothesis states that during an early stage of life, RNA molecules functioned as genome and as the only genome-encoded catalyst. This hypothesis is supported by several lines of evidence, one of which is the in vitro selection of catalytic
Lyssa L. Martin +2 more
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Nature Communications, 2021 Prebiotic compartmentalization could prove essential for the evolution of life. Guo et al. show that liquid-liquid separation in an aqueous two-phase system driven by evaporation may already suffice to facilitate chemical processes required for the RNA ...
Wei Guo +6 more
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The Effect of Environment on the Evolution and Proliferation of Protocells of Increasing Complexity
Life, 2022 The formation, growth, division and proliferation of protocells containing RNA strands is an important step in ensuring the viability of a mixed RNA–lipid world.
Suvam Roy, Supratim Sengupta
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Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae, 2014 Among the numerous hypotheses offering a scenario for the origin of life on Earth, the one called “The RNA World” has gained the most attention. According to this hypothesis RNA acted as a genetic information storage material, as a catalyst of all ...
Zofia Szweykowska-Kulińska
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Applications of phage-derived RNA-based technologies in synthetic biology
Synthetic and Systems Biotechnology, 2020 As the most abundant biological entities with incredible diversity, bacteriophages (also known as phages) have been recognized as an important source of molecular machines for the development of genetic-engineering tools.
Wenhui Zhang, Qiong Wu
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The Origin of Life: Models and Data. [PDF]
, 2017 A general framework for conventional models of the origin of life (OOL) is the specification of a 'privileged function.' A privileged function is an extant biological function that is excised from its biological context, elevated in importance over other
Lanier, Kathryn A, Williams, Loren Dean
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Primordial soup or vinaigrette: did the RNA world evolve at acidic pH?
Biology Direct, 2012 Background The RNA world concept has wide, though certainly not unanimous, support within the origin-of-life scientific community. One view is that life may have emerged as early as the Hadean Eon 4.3-3.8 billion years ago with an atmosphere of high CO2 ...
Bernhardt Harold S, Tate Warren P
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The RNA World: 4,000,000,050 years old
Life, 2015 The RNA World is now some four billion years behind us, but only recently turned 50 as a human hypothesis. [...]
Niles Lehman
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Twenty years of "Lipid World": a fertile partnership with David Deamer [PDF]
, 2019 "The Lipid World" was published in 2001, stemming from a highly effective collaboration with David Deamer during a sabbatical year 20 years ago at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel.
Kahana, Amit +2 more
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