Posted: Mar 12, 2010 9:51 pm
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1) A Combined Experimental And Theoretical Study On The Formation Of The Amino Acid Glycine And Its Isomer In Extraterrestrial Ices by Philip D. Holtom, Chris J. Bennett, Yoshihiro Osamura, Nigel J Mason and Ralf. I Kaiser, The Astrophysical Journal, 626: 940-952 (20th June 2005)
http://www.iop.org/EJ/article/0004-637X ... 7d30dfdde0
2) A Production Of Amino Acids Under Possible Primitive Earth Conditions by Stanley L. Miller, Science, 117: 528-529 (15th May 1953) (Full text requires a password)
http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/c ... 7/3046/528
3) A Rigorous Attempt To Verify Interstellar Glycine by I. E. Snyder, F. J. Lovas, J. M. Hollis, D. N. Friedel, P. R. Jewell, A. Remijan, V. V. Ilyushin, E. A. Alekseev and S. F. Dyubko, The Astrophysical Journal, 619(2): 914-930 (1st February 2005) {Also available at arXiv.org]
http://www.iop.org/EJ/article/0004-637X ... 32e381ebda
4) A Self-Replicating Ligase Ribozyme by Natasha Paul & Gerald F. Joyce, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA., 99(20): 12733-12740 (1st October 2002)
http://www.pnas.org/content/99/20/12733.full
6) Activated Acetic Acid By Carbon Fixation On (Fe,Ni)S Under Primordial Conditions by Claudia Huber and Günter Wächetershäuser, Science, 276: 245-247 (11th April 1997) (Full text requires a password)
http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/a ... 6/5310/245\
7) An Asymmetric Underlying Rule In The Assignment Of Codons: Possible Clue To A Quick Early Evolution Of The Genetic Code Via Successive Binary Choices by Marc Delarue, The RNA Journal, 13(2): 161-169 (12th December 2006)
http://rnajournal.cshlp.org/content/ear ... l.pdf+html (Pretty Pictures!)
8) Attempted Prebiotic Synthesis Of Pseudouridine by Jason P. Dworkin, Origins of Life and Evolution of the Biosphere, 27: 345-355 (1997) (Full text requires a password)
http://www.springerlink.com/content/t12681n4n572727m/
9) Carbonyl Sulphide-Mediated Prebiotic Formation Of Peptides by Luke Leman, Leslie Orgel and M. Reza Ghadiri, Science, 306: 283-286 (8th October 2004) (Full text requires a password)
http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/a ... 6/5694/283
10) Catalysis In Prebiotic Chemistry: Application To The Synthesis Of RNA Oligomers by James P. Ferris, Prakash C. Joshi, K-J Wang, S. Miyakawa and W. Huang, Advances in Space Research, 33: 100-105 (2004)
http://rpi.edu/dept/chem/chem_faculty/p ... 20Res..pdf
11) Cations As Mediators Of The Adsorption Of Nucleic Acids On Clay Surfaces In Prebiotic Environments by Marco Franchi, James P. Ferris and Enzo Gallori, Origins of Life and Evolution of the Biosphere, 33: 1-16 (2003) (Full text requires a password)
http://www.springerlink.com/content/m17817464n0q0774/
12) Chemistry for the Synthesis of Nucleobase-Modified Peptide Nucleic Acid by R. H. E. Hudson, R. D. Viirre, Y. H. Liu, F. Wojciechowski and A. K. Dambenieks, Pure Appl. Chem., 76(7-8) 1591-1598, 2004
http://old.iupac.org/publications/pac/2 ... 7x1591.pdf
13) Coevolution Of Compositional Protocells And Their Environment by Barak Shenhav, Aia Oz and Doron Lancet, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society Part B, 362: 1813-1819 (9th May 2007)
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2442395/ (Pretty Pictures!)
14) Computational Models For The Formation Of Protocell Structures by Linglan Edwards, Yun Peng and James A. Reggia, Artificial Life, 4(1): 61-77 (1998) (Full text requires a password)
http://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/abs ... 4698568440
15) Conditions For The Emergence Of Life On The Early Earth: Summary And Reflections by Joshua Jortner, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society Part B, 361: 1877-1891 (11th September 2006)
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1664691/ (Pretty Pictures!)
16) Coupled Growth And Division Of Model Protocell Membranes by Ting F. Zhu and Jack W. Szostak, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 131: 5705-5713 (2009)
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/ja900919c (Pretty Pictures!)
17) Darwinian Evolution On A Chip by Brian M. Paegel and Gerald F. Joyce, Public Library of Science Biology, 6(4): e85 (April 2008)
http://www.plosbiology.org/article/info ... io.0060085 (Pretty Pictures!)
18) Early Anaerobic Metabolisms by Don E Canfield, Minik T Rosing and Christian Bjerrum, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society Part B, 361: 1819-1836 (11th September 2006)
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1664682/ (Super cool equations!) (Fun Graphs/Charts!)
19) Emergence Of A Replicating Species From An In Vitro RNA Evolution Reaction by Ronald R. Breaker and Gerald F. Joyce, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA, 91: 6093-6097 (June 1994)
http://www.pnas.org/content/91/13/6093.full.pdf+html
20) Evolution And Self-Assembly Of Protocells by Ricard V. Solé, The International Journal of Biochemistry & Cell Biology, 41: 274-284 (2009) (Full text requires a password)
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_o ... 13157fac8d
My brain hurts, I'll come back in a bit to keep finding links.
1) A Combined Experimental And Theoretical Study On The Formation Of The Amino Acid Glycine And Its Isomer In Extraterrestrial Ices by Philip D. Holtom, Chris J. Bennett, Yoshihiro Osamura, Nigel J Mason and Ralf. I Kaiser, The Astrophysical Journal, 626: 940-952 (20th June 2005)
http://www.iop.org/EJ/article/0004-637X ... 7d30dfdde0
2) A Production Of Amino Acids Under Possible Primitive Earth Conditions by Stanley L. Miller, Science, 117: 528-529 (15th May 1953) (Full text requires a password)
http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/c ... 7/3046/528
3) A Rigorous Attempt To Verify Interstellar Glycine by I. E. Snyder, F. J. Lovas, J. M. Hollis, D. N. Friedel, P. R. Jewell, A. Remijan, V. V. Ilyushin, E. A. Alekseev and S. F. Dyubko, The Astrophysical Journal, 619(2): 914-930 (1st February 2005) {Also available at arXiv.org]
http://www.iop.org/EJ/article/0004-637X ... 32e381ebda
4) A Self-Replicating Ligase Ribozyme by Natasha Paul & Gerald F. Joyce, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA., 99(20): 12733-12740 (1st October 2002)
http://www.pnas.org/content/99/20/12733.full
6) Activated Acetic Acid By Carbon Fixation On (Fe,Ni)S Under Primordial Conditions by Claudia Huber and Günter Wächetershäuser, Science, 276: 245-247 (11th April 1997) (Full text requires a password)
http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/a ... 6/5310/245\
7) An Asymmetric Underlying Rule In The Assignment Of Codons: Possible Clue To A Quick Early Evolution Of The Genetic Code Via Successive Binary Choices by Marc Delarue, The RNA Journal, 13(2): 161-169 (12th December 2006)
http://rnajournal.cshlp.org/content/ear ... l.pdf+html (Pretty Pictures!)
8) Attempted Prebiotic Synthesis Of Pseudouridine by Jason P. Dworkin, Origins of Life and Evolution of the Biosphere, 27: 345-355 (1997) (Full text requires a password)
http://www.springerlink.com/content/t12681n4n572727m/
9) Carbonyl Sulphide-Mediated Prebiotic Formation Of Peptides by Luke Leman, Leslie Orgel and M. Reza Ghadiri, Science, 306: 283-286 (8th October 2004) (Full text requires a password)
http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/a ... 6/5694/283
10) Catalysis In Prebiotic Chemistry: Application To The Synthesis Of RNA Oligomers by James P. Ferris, Prakash C. Joshi, K-J Wang, S. Miyakawa and W. Huang, Advances in Space Research, 33: 100-105 (2004)
http://rpi.edu/dept/chem/chem_faculty/p ... 20Res..pdf
11) Cations As Mediators Of The Adsorption Of Nucleic Acids On Clay Surfaces In Prebiotic Environments by Marco Franchi, James P. Ferris and Enzo Gallori, Origins of Life and Evolution of the Biosphere, 33: 1-16 (2003) (Full text requires a password)
http://www.springerlink.com/content/m17817464n0q0774/
12) Chemistry for the Synthesis of Nucleobase-Modified Peptide Nucleic Acid by R. H. E. Hudson, R. D. Viirre, Y. H. Liu, F. Wojciechowski and A. K. Dambenieks, Pure Appl. Chem., 76(7-8) 1591-1598, 2004
http://old.iupac.org/publications/pac/2 ... 7x1591.pdf
13) Coevolution Of Compositional Protocells And Their Environment by Barak Shenhav, Aia Oz and Doron Lancet, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society Part B, 362: 1813-1819 (9th May 2007)
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2442395/ (Pretty Pictures!)
14) Computational Models For The Formation Of Protocell Structures by Linglan Edwards, Yun Peng and James A. Reggia, Artificial Life, 4(1): 61-77 (1998) (Full text requires a password)
http://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/abs ... 4698568440
15) Conditions For The Emergence Of Life On The Early Earth: Summary And Reflections by Joshua Jortner, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society Part B, 361: 1877-1891 (11th September 2006)
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1664691/ (Pretty Pictures!)
16) Coupled Growth And Division Of Model Protocell Membranes by Ting F. Zhu and Jack W. Szostak, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 131: 5705-5713 (2009)
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/ja900919c (Pretty Pictures!)
17) Darwinian Evolution On A Chip by Brian M. Paegel and Gerald F. Joyce, Public Library of Science Biology, 6(4): e85 (April 2008)
http://www.plosbiology.org/article/info ... io.0060085 (Pretty Pictures!)
18) Early Anaerobic Metabolisms by Don E Canfield, Minik T Rosing and Christian Bjerrum, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society Part B, 361: 1819-1836 (11th September 2006)
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1664682/ (Super cool equations!) (Fun Graphs/Charts!)
19) Emergence Of A Replicating Species From An In Vitro RNA Evolution Reaction by Ronald R. Breaker and Gerald F. Joyce, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA, 91: 6093-6097 (June 1994)
http://www.pnas.org/content/91/13/6093.full.pdf+html
20) Evolution And Self-Assembly Of Protocells by Ricard V. Solé, The International Journal of Biochemistry & Cell Biology, 41: 274-284 (2009) (Full text requires a password)
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_o ... 13157fac8d
My brain hurts, I'll come back in a bit to keep finding links.