Links Between Hydrothermal Environments, Pyrophosphate, Na+, and Early Evolution

The evolution of organic matter in space

(2011) P. Ehrenfreund et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES

Lizardite versus antigorite serpentinite: Magnetite, hydrogen, and life(?)

(2010) Bernard W. Evans   GEOLOGY

Serpentine and serpentinization: A link between planet formation and life

(2010) Othmar Müntener   GEOLOGY

The evolution of the marine phosphate reservoir

(2010) Noah J. Planavsky et al.   NATURE

The Hadean Crust: Evidence from >4 Ga Zircons

(2009) T. Mark Harrison   Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Reduction of nitrogen compounds in oceanic basement and its implications for HCN formation and abiotic organic synthesis

(2009) Nils G Holm et al.   GEOCHEMICAL TRANSACTIONS

An experimental investigation into the metastable formation of phosphoran olivine and pyroxene

(2009) Joseph S. Boesenberg et al.   GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA

Hydrothermal Focusing of Chemical and Chemiosmotic Energy, Supported by Delivery of Catalytic Fe, Ni, Mo/W, Co, S and Se, Forced Life to Emerge

(2009) Wolfgang Nitschke et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR EVOLUTION

Peeling the Onion: Ribosomes Are Ancient Molecular Fossils

(2009) C. Hsiao et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Structural diversity of diether lipids in carbonate chimneys at the Lost City Hydrothermal Field

(2009) Alexander S. Bradley et al.   ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY

Co-evolution of primordial membranes and membrane proteins

(2009) Armen Y. Mulkidjanian et al.   TRENDS IN BIOCHEMICAL SCIENCES

Production of Potentially Prebiotic Condensed Phosphates by Phosphorus Redox Chemistry

(2008) Matthew A. Pasek et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Mutual Effects of Cationic Ligands and Substrate on Activity of the Na+-Transporting Pyrophosphatase ofMethanosarcina mazei†

(2008) Anssi M. Malinen et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY

The past and present of sodium energetics: May the sodium-motive force be with you

(2008) Armen Y. Mulkidjanian et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS

Evolutionary primacy of sodium bioenergetics

(2008) Armen Y Mulkidjanian et al.   Biology Direct

Characterization of metalliferous sediment from a low-temperature hydrothermal environment on the Eastern Flank of the East Pacific Rise

(2008) S. Bodeï et al.   MARINE GEOLOGY

Origins of life: How leaky were primitive cells?

(2008) David W. Deamer   NATURE

Template-directed synthesis of a genetic polymer in a model protocell

(2008) Sheref S. Mansy et al.   NATURE

Rethinking early Earth phosphorus geochemistry

(2008) M. A. Pasek   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA