Remnants of an Ancient Metabolism without Phosphate

Cell

Volumn 168, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 1126-1134.e9

  Goldford, Joshua E ^a   Hartman, Hyman ^b   Smith, Temple F ^a,c   Segrè, Daniel ^a,c,d  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Boston University   (United States)

^d USA   (United States)

Author keywords

network expansion; origin of life; phosphate; systems biology; thioester world

Indexed keywords

IRON SULFUR PROTEIN; PHOSPHATE; PREBIOTIC AGENT; RNA; THIOESTER; ADENINE NUCLEOTIDE; COENZYME; COENZYME A;

ARTICLE; BIOSPHERE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL METABOLISM; GEOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY; THERMODYNAMICS; ALGORITHM; BIOGENESIS; CHEMISTRY; COENZYME; COMPUTER SIMULATION; METABOLISM;

ADENINE NUCLEOTIDES; ALGORITHMS; COENZYME A; COENZYMES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; ORIGIN OF LIFE; PHOSPHATES; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 85014099726     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: 10974172     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2017.02.001     Document Type: Article

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