Prebiotic Chemistry and Chemical Evolution of Nucleic Acids (eBook)

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. 

Introduction: Reminiscing about Stanley Miller and Prebiotic ChemistryJeff Bada  (jbada@ucsd.edu)1. From the dawn of Organic Chemistry to Astrobiology: an historical perspective on the Prebiotic Chemistry of nucleobasesCesar  Menor-Salvan (cmenorsalvan@gmail.com)2. Decomposition and condensation of nucleotides in hydrothermal fields.Bruce Damer and David Deamer (deamer@soe.ucsc.edu)3. Nucleobases on the primitive Earth:  their sources and stabilityJim Cleaves and Jeff Bada (jbada@ucsd.edu)4. The Case for Mineralogy in the Origins of LifeHyo Joong Kim and Steven Benner (sbenner@ffame.org)5. Urea: a common reagent behind the origin of bases, nucleosides and nucleotides.Cesar Menor-Salvan6. -title pending-David Fialho and Nick Hud (nick.hud@chemistry.gatech.edu). Georgia Institute of Technology.7. The origin of the ionized linker: Geochemical predestination for phosphate?Matthew Pasek (mpasek@usf.edu) University of South Florida8. Prebiotic phosphorylationBradley Burcar (Bradley.burcar@chemistry.gatech.edu) Georgia Institute of Technology9. The Chemical Space of Nucleic AcidsJames H Cleaves (henderson.cleaves@gmail.com)10. RNA and Protein: The Molecular Symbiosis at the Core of LifeAnton Petrov, Jessica C Bowman and Loren D. Williams (loren.williams@chemistry.gatech.edu). Georgia Institute of Technology11. On the origin of interactions between nucleic acids and peptidesIrene Chen (chen@chem.ucsb.edu) and Celia Blanco de Torres.  University of California-Santa Barbara.12. Self-Replication and Information Transfer of Nucleic-Acids Mediated by Non-Aqueous Environments.Isaac Gallego (isgaoss@gmail.com ) and Christine He