From prebiotic chemistry to cellular metabolism-The chemical evolution of metabolism before Darwinian natural selection

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 252, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 505-519

  Meléndez Hevia, Enrique ^a   Montero Gómez, Nancy ^a   Montero, Francisco ^b  

^a Instituto del Metabolismo Celular   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chemical evolution; Evolution of metabolism; Origin of life; Prebiotic chemistry

Indexed keywords

ACETYL COENZYME A; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CARBON; FATTY ACID; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; PENTOSE PHOSPHATE; PREBIOTIC AGENT; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; RIBOSE;

CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL ECOLOGY; CYTOLOGY; MEMBRANE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR ECOLOGY; NATURAL SELECTION; ORIGIN OF LIFE; REACTION KINETICS; REACTION RATE;

ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; CATALYSIS; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL METABOLISM; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; CLOSTRIDIUM STICKLANDII; COENZYME; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; GLYCOLYSIS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NATURAL SELECTION; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRECAMBRIAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOICHIOMETRY; THERMODYNAMICS;

ANIMALS; BIOGENESIS; COENZYMES; EVOLUTION, CHEMICAL; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; METABOLISM; SELECTION (GENETICS);

EID: 43449090714     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2007.11.012     Document Type: Article

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