Many Paths to the Origin of Life

Kinetic Properties of an RNA Enzyme That Undergoes Self-Sustained Exponential Amplification

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Functional RNAs exhibit tolerance for non-heritable 2′–5′ versus 3′–5′ backbone heterogeneity

(2013) Aaron E. Engelhart et al.   Nature Chemistry

Beating the acetyl coenzyme A-pathway to the origin of life

(2013) W. Nitschke et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Abiotic Self-Replication

(2012) Adam J. Meyer et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Asphalt, Water, and the Prebiotic Synthesis of Ribose, Ribonucleosides, and RNA

(2012) Steven A. Benner et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Multicomponent Assembly of Proposed DNA Precursors in Water

(2012) Matthew W. Powner et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Spontaneous network formation among cooperative RNA replicators

(2012) Nilesh Vaidya et al.   NATURE

Photochemically driven redox chemistry induces protocell membrane pearling and division

(2012) T. F. Zhu et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Ribozyme-Catalyzed Transcription of an Active Ribozyme

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