On the emergence of life via catalytic iron‐sulphide membranes

Terra Nova

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1993, Pages 343-347

  Russell, Michael J ^a   Daniel, Roy M ^b   Hall, Allan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; IRON SULPHIDE; MEMBRANE; ORIGIN OF LIFE;

EID: 0027884221     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: 13653121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3121.1993.tb00267.x     Document Type: Article

References (31)

1. A fossil hydrothermal worm assemblage from the Tynah lead‐zinc deposit in Ireland
2. 2‐ (n= 2,4) in aqueous media from iron salts, thiols and sufur, sulfide thiosulfide plus rhodonase
3. Mineral theories of the origin of life and an iron sulphide example
4. Pyrite formation linked with hydrogen evolution under anaerobic conditions
5. Chemical markers of prebiotic chemistry in hydrothermal systems
6. Role for ferredoxins in the origin of life and biological evolution
7. Largest known microbialites discovered in Lake Van, Turkey
8. The first cellular bioenergetic process: primitive generation of a proton‐motive force
9. Hydrothermal and oceanic pH conditions of possible relevance to the origin of life
10. Keilin's respiratory chain concept and its chemiosmotic consequences
11. m+ mit relevanz zur evolution der ferredoxine
12. Biogenesis as an evolutionary process
13. Reactions between thiol reagents and sulphide minerals
14. Major sediment‐hosted zinc+lead deposits: formation from hydrothermal cells that deepen during crustal extension
15. Mining, Metallurgy and the origin of life
16. Submarine hot springs and the origin of life
17. In vitro growth of iron sulphide chimneys: possible culture chambers for origin‐of‐life experiments
18. Pyrite and the origin of life
19. Chemical environments of submarine hydrothermal systems
20. Hydrothermal organic synthesis experiments
21. Petrochemical studies of the ore environment at Broken Hill, N.S.W.: 5—major element constitution of the lode and its interpretation
22. Pyrite formation, the first energy source for life: a hypothesis
23. Groundworks for an evolutionary biochemistry; the iron‐sulphur world
24. Carbon dioxide on the early earth