Peptide and RNA contributions to iron-sulphur chemical gardens as life's first inorganic compartments, catalysts, capacitors and condensers

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 370, Issue 1969, 2012, Pages 3007-3022

  McGlynn, Shawn E ^a,b,c   Kanik, Isik ^a   Russell, Michael J ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical gardens; Geo mimicry; Hydrothermal vents; Origin of life; Periodicity; Transition metal catalysis

Indexed keywords

CHIMNEYS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; HOT SPRINGS; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; ORGANIC POLYMERS; PEPTIDES; RNA; STOICHIOMETRY; SULFUR; TRANSITION METALS;

CHEMICAL GARDENS; GEO-MIMICRY; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; ORIGIN OF LIFE; PERIODICITY; TRANSITION METAL CATALYSIS;

ALKALINITY;

INORGANIC COMPOUND; IRON; PEPTIDE; RNA; SULFUR;

ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRIC CAPACITANCE; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

BIOGENESIS; CATALYSIS; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRIC CAPACITANCE; INORGANIC CHEMICALS; IRON; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PEPTIDES; RNA; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SULFUR;

EID: 84861920985     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2011.0211     Document Type: Article

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