| Title |
Salt-Promoted Synthesis of RNA-like Molecules in Simulated Hydrothermal Conditions
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Journal of Molecular Evolution, December 2014
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| DOI | 10.1007/s00239-014-9661-9 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Laura Da Silva, Marie-Christine Maurel, David Deamer |
| Abstract |
A fundamental problem in origins of life research is how the first polymers with the properties of nucleic acids were synthesized and incorporated into living systems on the prebiotic Earth. Here, we show that RNA-like polymers can be synthesized non-enzymatically from 5'-phosphate mononucleosides in salty environments. The polymers were identified and analyzed by gel electrophoresis, nanopore analysis, UV spectra, and action of RNases. The synthesis of phosphodiester bonds is driven by the chemical potential made available in the fluctuating hydrated and anhydrous conditions of hydrothermal fields associated with volcanic land masses. |
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| Germany | 1 | 50% |
| Unknown | 1 | 50% |
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| Members of the public | 2 | 100% |
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| United States | 1 | 1% |
| Canada | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 97 | 98% |
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| Student > Ph. D. Student | 21 | 21% |
| Researcher | 15 | 15% |
| Student > Master | 14 | 14% |
| Student > Bachelor | 14 | 14% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 5 | 5% |
| Other | 12 | 12% |
| Unknown | 18 | 18% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Chemistry | 23 | 23% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 17 | 17% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 17 | 17% |
| Physics and Astronomy | 8 | 8% |
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | 4 | 4% |
| Other | 11 | 11% |
| Unknown | 19 | 19% |
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