Prebiotic Chemistry and Chemical Evolution of Nucleic Acids

Häftad, Engelska, 2019

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Beskrivning

The book starts with a personal account of the pioneering work of Stanley Miller and Jeffrey Bada on the Chemistry of Origins of Life and how the development of organic chemistry beginning in the 19th century led to the emergence of the field of prebiotic chemistry, situated at the frontier between organic, geo- and biochemistry.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2019-02-01
Mått:155 x 235 x 17 mm
Vikt:470 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Nucleic Acids and Molecular Biology
Antal sidor:291
Förlag:Springer Nature Switzerland AG
ISBN:9783030066888

Utforska kategorier

Biokemisk teknik inom Naturvetenskap och teknik
Biovetenskap inom Naturvetenskap och teknik
Biologi inom Naturvetenskap och teknik

Mer om författaren

Dr. Menor-Salvan is astrobiologist and Professor of Biochemistry at Universidad de Alcala (Spain), and scientist affiliated to the Center for Chemical Evolution (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA). His main research interest is the Prebiotic Chemistry and Chemical Evolution of biopolymers and Origins of Life.

Innehållsförteckning

1. Nucleobases on the primitive Earth: their sources and stabilities.- 2. Condensation and decomposition of nucleotides in simulated hydrothermal fields.- 3. Mineral-Organic Interactions in Prebiotic Synthesis. The Discontinuous Synthesis Model for the Formation of RNA in Naturally Complex Geological Environments.- 4. From the dawn of Organic Chemistry to Astrobiology: urea as a foundational component in the origin of nucleobases and nucleotides.- 5. Searching for possible ancestors of RNA: The self-assembly hypothesis for the origin of proto-RNA.- 6. The origin of the ionized linker: Geochemical predestination for phosphate?.- 7. Template-directed replication of nucleic acids mediated by viscous environments.- 8. Folding and catalysis near life’s origin: support for Fe2+ as a dominant divalent cation.- 9. Connections between mathematical models of prebiotic evolution and homochirality.- 10. Network theory in Prebiotic Evolution.