ArticleLife (Basel, Switzerland)2017
Better than Membranes at the Origin of Life?
Article in Life (Basel, Switzerland), 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.
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- Potassium at the Origins of Life: Did Biology Emerge from Biotite in Micaceous Clay?Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- The Way forward for the Origin of Life: Prions and Prion-Like Molecules First Hypothesis.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- 'Whole Organism', Systems Biology, and Top-Down Criteria for Evaluating Scenarios for the Origin of Life.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
- The Boscombe Valley mystery: A lesson in the perils of dogmatism in science.Journal of biosciences · 2021Article
- More than just a phase: the search for membraneless organelles in the bacterial cytoplasm.Current genetics · 2019Review
- Potential Role of Inorganic Confined Environments in Prebiotic Phosphorylation.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2018Article
- Chemical Transformations in Proto-Cytoplasmic Media. Phosphorus Coupling in the Silica Hydrogel Phase.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2017Article
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Abstract
Organelles without membranes are found in all types of cells and typically contain RNA and protein. RNA and protein are the constituents of ribosomes, one of the most ancient cellular structures. It is reasonable to propose that organelles without membranes preceded protocells and other membrane-bound structures at the origins of life. Such membraneless organelles would be well sheltered in the spaces between mica sheets, which have many advantages as a site for the origins of life.
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