Table of Contents - Volume 10
Abiogenesis and the
Origins of Life
August, 2010
Edited by
Michael Russell Ph.D.,
NASA, Planetary Science & Life Detection
Section, Jet Propulsion Laboratories,
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, CA
1. Just Like the Universe the Emergence of Life
had High Enthalpy and Low Entropy Beginnings Wolfgang Nitschke, Ph.D.1, and Michael J. Russell, Ph.D.2,
1Laboratoire de Bioénergétique et Ingénierie des Protéines (CNRS/UPR9036), IFR88, 31 chemin Joseph-Aiguier, 13402 Marseille Cedex 20, France. 2Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Planetary Science, Section 3220, MS: 183-601, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA, and Department of Physics, California State University, Fullerton, CA, USA. Journal of Cosmology, 2010, Vol 10, 3200-3216.
2. Polyphosphate-Peptide Synergy and the Organic Takeover at the Emergence of Life. E. James Milner-White, Ph.D.1, and Michael J. Russell, Ph.D.2,
1Institute of Biomedical and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, G12 8QQ, UK
2Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Planetary Science, Section 3220, MS: 183-601, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA, and Department of Physics, California State University, Fullerton, CA, USA. Journal of Cosmology, 2010, Vol 10, 3217-3229.
3. The Alkaline World and the Origin of Life. Anthony Richard Mellersh, Ph.D., and Paul Michael Smith
University of Derby. School of Sciences, University of Derby Kedleston Road Derby DE22 1GB, UK. Journal of Cosmology, 2010, Vol 10, 3230-3242.
4. The RNA World and the Origin of Life:
An Ancient Protein Fold Links Metal-Based Gas Reactions with the RNA World. Anne Volbeda, Ph.D., Yvain Nicolet, Ph.D., and Juan C. Fontecilla-Camps, Ph.D.,
Laboratoire de Cristallographie et Cristallogenèse des Protéines, Institut de Biologie Structurale Jean Pierre Ebel, CEA, CNRS, Université Joseph Fourier, 41 rue Jules Horowitz, 38027 Grenoble Cedex 1, France. Journal of Cosmology, 2010, Vol 10, 3243-3257.
5. Evolutionary Steps to the Origin of Life on Earth. Andrew J. Pratt, D. Phil.
Department of Chemistry, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, Canterbury PB4800, New Zealand. Journal of Cosmology, 2010, Vol 10, 3258-3274.
6. Vesicles First and the Origin of Self-Reproductive Life:
Metabolic Energy, Replication, and Catalysis. Arthur L. Koch, Ph.D.,
Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. USA. Journal of Cosmology, 2010, Vol 10, 3275-3285.
7. Chance or Necessity? Bioenergetics and the Probability of Life. Nick Lane, Ph.D.,
Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, University College London, Gower Street, London, UK. Journal of Cosmology, 2010, Vol 10, 3286-3304.
8. Disequilibrium First: The Origin of Life Christof B. Mast, Ph.D., Natan Osterman, Ph.D., and Dieter Braun, Ph.D.,
Systems Biophysics, Center for Nanoscience, Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, Germany. Journal of Cosmology, 2010, Vol 10, 3305-3314.
9. Life's Origins: Potential for Radical Mediated Cyanide Production on the Early Earth Shawn E. McGlynn, Ph.D., Trevor E. Beard,
Joan B. Broderick, Ph.D., and John W. Peters, Ph.D.
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and the NASA NAI Astrobiology Biogeocatalysis Research Center, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, USA. Journal of Cosmology, 2010, Vol 10, 3315-3324.
10. The Emergence of Life:
Thermodynamics of Chemical Free Energy Generation in Off-Axis Hydrothermal Vent Systems and its Consequences for Compartmentalization and Life's Origins. Eugenio Simoncini, Ph.D.1, Axel Kleidon, Ph.D.1, Enzo Gallori, Ph.D.2,
1Max Planck Institute für Biogeochemie, Hans - Knöll - Strasse, 10, 07745, Germany.
2Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università di Firenze, Firenze, Italy. Journal of Cosmology, 2010, Vol 10, 3325-3344.
11. How Life Began:
The Emergence of Sparse Metabolic Networks Shelley D. Copley, Ph.D.1, Eric Smith, Ph.D.2, and Harold J. Morowitz, Ph.D.3,
1University of Colorado at Boulder Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology and the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences Boulder, CO, USA
2Santa Fe Institute 1399 Hyde Park Road, Santa Fe, NM, USA.
3Krasnow Institute, George Mason University Fairfax, VA, USA . Journal of Cosmology, 2010, Vol 10, 3345-3361.
12. Redox Homeostasis in the Emergence of Life.
On the Constant Internal Environment of
Nascent Living Cells John F. Allen, Ph.D.,
School of Biological and Chemical Sciences. Queen Mary, University of London, Mile End Road, London, UK. Journal of Cosmology, 2010, Vol 10, 3362-3373.
13. Reconstruction of the Molecular Origin of Life. Edward N. Trifonov, Ph.D.,
Genome Diversity Center, Institute of Evolution, University of Haifa, Mount Carmel, Haifa 31905, Israel.
Department of Functional Genomics and Proteomics, Institute of Experimental Biology, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, Brno CZ-62500, Czech Republic. Journal of Cosmology, 2010, Vol 10, 3374-3380.
14. On the Emergence of Pre-Genetic Information. Ernesto Di Mauro, Ph.D.,
Istituto Pasteur Fondazione Cenci Bolognetti c/o Dipartimento di Genetica e Biologia Molecolare, Università di Roma "Sapienza", Piazzale Aldo Moro, 5, 00185, Roma, Italy. Journal of Cosmology, 2010, Vol 10, 3381-3387.
15. How Primordial Cells Assembled Biosynthetic Pathways Marco Fondi, Ph.D.1, Giovanni Emiliani, Ph.D.2, Renato Fani, Ph.D.1,
1Laboratory of Microbial and Molecular Evolution Dept. of Evolutionary Biology,
Via Romana 17-19, University of Florence, Italy.
2,Tree and Timber Institute, National Research Council, Via Biasi, 75, 38010 San
Michele all'Adige (TN), Italy. Journal of Cosmology, 2010, Vol 10, 3388-3397.
16. Implications For An RNA-Clay World:
Interaction Of Cytosine With Clay Minerals A. Pucci, Ph.D.1, S. Branciamore, Ph.D.2, M. Casarosa, Ph.D.2, L. P. D’Acqui, Ph.D.1, E. Gallori, Ph.D.2; 1Istituto per lo Studio degli Ecosistemi, CNR Via Madonna del Piano 10, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino (FI), Italy.
2Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia Sezione di Astronomia e Scienza dello Spazio. Largo Enrico Fermi, 2 50125 Firenze, Italy.
Journal of Cosmology, 2010, Vol 10, 3398-3407.
17. What Can the Origin of Life on Earth
Tell Us About the Cosmos? Stephen Freeland, Ph.D., and Gayle K. Philip, Ph.D.,
NASA Astrobiology Institute, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, 96822, HI, USA. Journal of Cosmology, 2010, Vol 10, 3408-3417.
18. The Origin of Eukaryotes:
Archae, Bacteria, Viruses and Horizontal Gene Transfer Rhawn Joseph, Ph.D.
Emeritus, Brain Research Laboratory, Northern California. USA. Journal of Cosmology, 2010, Vol 10, 3418-3445.
19. Viruses and Life:
Can There Be One Without the Other? Matti Jalasvuori, Ph.D., and Jaana K.H. Bamford, Ph.D.,
Department of Biological and Environmental Science and Nanoscience Center, University of Jyväskylä, P.O. Box 35, 40014 University of Jyväskylä, Finland. Journal of Cosmology, 2010, Vol 10, 3446-3454.
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