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The Origin of Life and Evolutionary Biochemistry

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Editors:
  1. K. Dose

    1. Institut für Biochemie, Universität Mainz, Mainz, Germany

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  2. S. W. Fox

    1. Institute for Molecular and Cellular Evolution, University of Miami, Coral Gables, USA

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  3. G. A. Deborin

    1. A. N. Bakh Institute of Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Moscow, USSR

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  4. T. E. Pavlovskaya

    1. A. N. Bakh Institute of Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Moscow, USSR

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Table of contents (42 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Historical Introduction: A. I. Oparin and the Origin of Life

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. A. I. Oparin and the Origin of Life

      • S. W. Fox, G. A. Deborin, K. Dose, T. E. Pavlovskaya
      Pages 3-6

  3. Chapters in Honor of “Proiskhozhdenie Zhizni” and A. I. Oparin

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 7-7
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    2. Protein Structure and the Molecular Evolution of Biological Energy Conversion

      • Herrick Baltscheffsky
      Pages 9-19

    3. Condensation Reactions of Lysine in the Presence of Polyadenylic Acid

      • Loring K. Bjornson, Richard M. Lemmon, Melvin Calvin
      Pages 21-27

    4. Considerations of the Origin of Spontaneous Mutations

      • S. E. Bresler
      Pages 29-39

    5. Pre-Enzymic Emergence of Biochemical Metabolism

      • R. Buvet
      Pages 41-52

    6. The Methods of Science and the Origins of Life

      • A. G. Cairns-Smith
      Pages 53-58

    7. Phospholipid Monolayers—As a Prototype of Biological Membranes

      • G. A. Deborin, A. D. Sorokina
      Pages 59-67

    8. Peptides and Amino Acids in the Primordial Hydrosphere

      • Klaus Dose
      Pages 69-77

    9. Amino Acids and Carbohydrates in Precambrian Rocks

      • I. A. Egorov, I. Z. Sergiyenko
      Pages 79-87

    10. The Surfaces of Coacervate Drops and the Formation of Colonies

      • T. N. Evreinova, B. L. Allakhverdov, V. I. Peshenko
      Pages 89-95

    11. On Some Problems of Evolution of the Photosynthetic Pigment Apparatus

      • V. B. Evstigneev
      Pages 97-106

    12. Ammonia: Did it have a Role in Chemical Evolution?

      • J. P. Ferris, D. E. Nicodem
      Pages 107-117

    13. Coacervate Droplets, Proteinoid Microspheres, and the Genetic Apparatus

      • Sidney W. Fox
      Pages 119-132

    14. Aspects of the Evolution of Some Systems and Processes of Self-Regulation of Plant Metabolism

      • G. Georgiev, N. Bakardjieva
      Pages 133-142

    15. Photochemical Formation of Organic Compounds from Mixtures of Simple Gases Simulating the Primitive Atmosphere of the Earth

      • Wilhelm Groth
      Pages 143-151

    16. The Iron-Sulphur Proteins: Evolution of a Ubiquitous Protein from the Origin of Life to Higher Organisms

      • D. O. Hall, R. Cammack, K. K. Rao
      Pages 153-168

    17. Evolution and Ecology of Phosphorus Metabolism

      • M. Halmann
      Pages 169-182
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Institut für Biochemie, Universität Mainz, Mainz, Germany

    K. Dose

  • Institute for Molecular and Cellular Evolution, University of Miami, Coral Gables, USA

    S. W. Fox

  • A. N. Bakh Institute of Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Moscow, USSR

    G. A. Deborin, T. E. Pavlovskaya

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Origin of Life and Evolutionary Biochemistry

  • Editors: K. Dose, S. W. Fox, G. A. Deborin, T. E. Pavlovskaya

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-2115-6

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Plenum Press, New York 1974

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4684-2117-0Published: 14 March 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4684-2115-6Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 476

  • Topics: Evolutionary Biology

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