Prebiotic stereoselective synthesis of purine and noncanonical pyrimidine nucleotide from nucleobases and phosphorylated carbohydrates

Evaporite Borate-Containing Mineral Ensembles Make Phosphate Available and Regiospecifically Phosphorylate Ribonucleosides: Borate as a Multifaceted Problem Solver in Prebiotic Chemistry

(2016) Hyo-Joong Kim et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

A Highly Reactive Imidazolium-Bridged Dinucleotide Intermediate in Nonenzymatic RNA Primer Extension

(2016) Travis Walton et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

A high-yielding, strictly regioselective prebiotic purine nucleoside formation pathway

(2016) S. Becker et al.   SCIENCE

Synthesis of Aldehydic Ribonucleotide and Amino Acid Precursors by Photoredox Chemistry

(2013) Dougal J. Ritson et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

The “Strong” RNA World Hypothesis: Fifty Years Old

(2013) Marc Neveu et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

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

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

DETECTION OF THE SIMPLEST SUGAR, GLYCOLALDEHYDE, IN A SOLAR-TYPE PROTOSTAR WITH ALMA

(2012) Jes K. Jørgensen et al.   Astrophysical Journal Letters

Darwinian evolution of an alternative genetic system provides support for TNA as an RNA progenitor

(2012) Hanyang Yu et al.   Nature Chemistry

Synthesis of Carbohydrates in Mineral-Guided Prebiotic Cycles

(2011) Hyo-Joong Kim et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

The Effects of Borate Minerals on the Synthesis of Nucleic Acid Bases, Amino Acids and Biogenic Carboxylic Acids from Formamide

(2011) Raffaele Saladino et al.   ORIGINS OF LIFE AND EVOLUTION OF BIOSPHERES

Synthesis of activated pyrimidine ribonucleotides in prebiotically plausible conditions

(2009) Matthew W. Powner et al.   NATURE

Production of Potentially Prebiotic Condensed Phosphates by Phosphorus Redox Chemistry

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