Chemical evolution--self-organization of the macromolecules of life : proceedings of the Trieste Conference on Chemical Evolution and the Origin of Life, 25-29 October 1993 /
edited by Julian Chela-Flores ... [et al.].
- Virginia : A. Deepak Pub., 1995.
- xiii, 337 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- Studies in chemical evolution and the origin of life ; .
- Studies in chemical evolution and the origin of life. .
Includes bibliographical references.
Biographical Sketch of Cyril Ponnamperuma -- The Physicochemical Origins of the Genetic Code / Role of Nitriles and Other Reactive Molecules in Chemical Evolution / Formation of Amino Acid Precursors by Cosmic Radiation in Primitive Terrestrial and Extraterrestrial Environments / Hydrogen Cyanide Polymers: Prebiotic Agents for the Simultaneous Origin of Proteins and Nucleic Acids / A Plausible Route for the Synthesis of Bio-Organic Compounds from Inorganic Carbon on the Primitive Earth. An Overview / Early Terrestrial Life: Problems of the Oldest Record / Energy, Matter and Self-Organization in the Early Molecular Evolution for Bioenergetic Systems / Cyril Ponnamperuma, Mitchell K. Hobish and Nalinie Wickramasinghe -- Mohindra S. Chadha -- Kensei Kobayashi, Takeshi Saito and Tairo Oshima -- Clifford N. Matthews -- G. Albarran, A. Negron-Mendoza, S. Ramos-Bernal and C. H. Collins -- Manfred Schidlowski -- Herrick Baltscheffsky and Margareta Baltscheffsky -- The Evolution of Organisation and the Perils of Errors in the Origin of Life / On Attempts to Create Life-Mimicking Cells / Computational Support for Origins of Life Research: A Personal View / Membrane Phase Separations, Asymmetry and Implications in the Origin of Life / General Crystal in Prebiotic Context / Self-Ordering and Polymerization in Biological Macromolecules and Symmetry Breaking / Return to Dichotomy: Bacteria and Archaea / RNA: Genotype and Phenotype / Gradual Rise of Cellular Translation / Molecular Relics from Chemical Evolution and the Origin of Life / Designing a Biosphere for Mars / Clas Blomberg -- F. R. Eirich -- Mitchell K. Hobish -- Michael O. Eze -- I. Simon -- Giuseppe Vitiello -- A. Yamagishi and T. Oshima -- Peter F. Stadler -- M. Rizzotti -- Julian Chela-Flores -- Robert H. Haynes and Christopher P. McKay -- Unexpected In-Vitro Intron Splicing of Common Bean Chloroplast trnL (UAA) Gene and Pseudogene by T7 RNA Polymerase / On Dyson's Model of the Origins of Life and Possible Experimental Verification / The Role of Information Processing in the Evolution of Complex Life Forms / The Weak Force and the Origin of Life and Self-Organization / Tunneling, Chirality and Cold Prebiotic Evolution / Finding the Necessary Condition and Scope of L-Amino Acid Surviving Under Beta Electron Irradiation / Chiral Interaction in Molecular Systems / Cosmological Sources of Molecular Chirality / Photograph of the award of a plaque to Professor Cyril Ponnamperuma -- On the Occasion of the Ponnamperumafest: Message for Cyril Ponnamperuma from Abdus Salam -- O. Carelse and M. V. Mubumbila -- J. N. Islam and M. K. Pasha -- K. Tahir Shah -- Alexandra J. MacDermott -- Vitalii I. Goldanskii -- W. Q. Wang, J. L. Wu, X. M. Pan and L. F. Luo -- G. Gilat -- J. Chela-Flores and N. Kumar -- On the Occasion of the Ponnamperumafest: A Letter from Francois Raulin -- A Comprehensive Bibliography of Cyril Ponnamperuma.
0937194328 (hc)
95019705
Molecular evolution--Congresses.
Life--Origin--Congresses.
QH325 / .T74 1993
577
Includes bibliographical references.
Biographical Sketch of Cyril Ponnamperuma -- The Physicochemical Origins of the Genetic Code / Role of Nitriles and Other Reactive Molecules in Chemical Evolution / Formation of Amino Acid Precursors by Cosmic Radiation in Primitive Terrestrial and Extraterrestrial Environments / Hydrogen Cyanide Polymers: Prebiotic Agents for the Simultaneous Origin of Proteins and Nucleic Acids / A Plausible Route for the Synthesis of Bio-Organic Compounds from Inorganic Carbon on the Primitive Earth. An Overview / Early Terrestrial Life: Problems of the Oldest Record / Energy, Matter and Self-Organization in the Early Molecular Evolution for Bioenergetic Systems / Cyril Ponnamperuma, Mitchell K. Hobish and Nalinie Wickramasinghe -- Mohindra S. Chadha -- Kensei Kobayashi, Takeshi Saito and Tairo Oshima -- Clifford N. Matthews -- G. Albarran, A. Negron-Mendoza, S. Ramos-Bernal and C. H. Collins -- Manfred Schidlowski -- Herrick Baltscheffsky and Margareta Baltscheffsky -- The Evolution of Organisation and the Perils of Errors in the Origin of Life / On Attempts to Create Life-Mimicking Cells / Computational Support for Origins of Life Research: A Personal View / Membrane Phase Separations, Asymmetry and Implications in the Origin of Life / General Crystal in Prebiotic Context / Self-Ordering and Polymerization in Biological Macromolecules and Symmetry Breaking / Return to Dichotomy: Bacteria and Archaea / RNA: Genotype and Phenotype / Gradual Rise of Cellular Translation / Molecular Relics from Chemical Evolution and the Origin of Life / Designing a Biosphere for Mars / Clas Blomberg -- F. R. Eirich -- Mitchell K. Hobish -- Michael O. Eze -- I. Simon -- Giuseppe Vitiello -- A. Yamagishi and T. Oshima -- Peter F. Stadler -- M. Rizzotti -- Julian Chela-Flores -- Robert H. Haynes and Christopher P. McKay -- Unexpected In-Vitro Intron Splicing of Common Bean Chloroplast trnL (UAA) Gene and Pseudogene by T7 RNA Polymerase / On Dyson's Model of the Origins of Life and Possible Experimental Verification / The Role of Information Processing in the Evolution of Complex Life Forms / The Weak Force and the Origin of Life and Self-Organization / Tunneling, Chirality and Cold Prebiotic Evolution / Finding the Necessary Condition and Scope of L-Amino Acid Surviving Under Beta Electron Irradiation / Chiral Interaction in Molecular Systems / Cosmological Sources of Molecular Chirality / Photograph of the award of a plaque to Professor Cyril Ponnamperuma -- On the Occasion of the Ponnamperumafest: Message for Cyril Ponnamperuma from Abdus Salam -- O. Carelse and M. V. Mubumbila -- J. N. Islam and M. K. Pasha -- K. Tahir Shah -- Alexandra J. MacDermott -- Vitalii I. Goldanskii -- W. Q. Wang, J. L. Wu, X. M. Pan and L. F. Luo -- G. Gilat -- J. Chela-Flores and N. Kumar -- On the Occasion of the Ponnamperumafest: A Letter from Francois Raulin -- A Comprehensive Bibliography of Cyril Ponnamperuma.
0937194328 (hc)
95019705
Molecular evolution--Congresses.
Life--Origin--Congresses.
QH325 / .T74 1993
577