Origin of first cells at terrestrial, anoxic geothermal fields

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 14, 2012, Pages

  Mulkidjanian, Armen Y ^a,b   Bychkov, Andrew Yu ^b   Dibrova, Daria V ^a,b   Galperin, Michael Y ^c   Koonin, Eugene V ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Abiotic photosynthesis; Hydrothermal alteration; Na + K + gradient; Origin of life; Prebiotic chemistry

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; MANGANESE; MEMBRANE ENZYME; PHOSPHATE; POTASSIUM; SULFIDE; TRANSITION ELEMENT; ZINC;

ANOXIA; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; BINDING AFFINITY; CELL COMPOSITION; EVOLUTION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; ION TRANSPORT; LAKE; PHYLOGENY; POND; PRIMORDIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SEA; VAPOR;

BIOGENESIS; CELLS; GENOMICS; OXYGEN; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 84859473297     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1117774109     Document Type: Article

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