Biochemical Constraints in a Protobiotic Earth Devoid of Basic Amino Acids: The “BAA(-) World”

Bioinformatic Identification of the Most Ancient Copper Protein Architecture

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Contributions of the Histidine Side Chain and the N-Terminal α-Amino Group to the Binding Thermodynamics of Oligopeptides to Nucleic Acids as a Function of pH

(2010) Jeff D. Ballin et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY

The Proto-Ribosome: An Ancient Nano-machine for Peptide Bond Formation

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Lack of evolvability in self-sustaining autocatalytic networks constraints metabolism-first scenarios for the origin of life

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Three Genomes from the Phylum Acidobacteria Provide Insight into the Lifestyles of These Microorganisms in Soils

(2009) N. L. Ward et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

A Thermodynamic Basis for Prebiotic Amino Acid Synthesis and the Nature of the First Genetic Code

(2009) Paul G. Higgs et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans metabolism: from genome sequence to industrial applications

(2009) Jorge Valdés et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Complete genome of the cellulolytic thermophile Acidothermus cellulolyticus 11B provides insights into its ecophysiological and evolutionary adaptations

(2009) R. D. Barabote et al.   GENOME RESEARCH

Genome beginnings: rooting the tree of life

(2009) J. A. Lake et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Evolution in the laboratory: The genome of Halobacterium salinarum strain R1 compared to that of strain NRC-1

(2008) F. Pfeiffer et al.   GENOMICS

The Miller Volcanic Spark Discharge Experiment

(2008) A. P. Johnson et al.   SCIENCE

Evidence for a New Root of the Tree of Life

(2008) James A. Lake et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

A quantitative investigation of the chemical space surrounding amino acid alphabet formation

(2007) Yi Lu et al.   JOURNAL OF THEORETICAL BIOLOGY