James P. Ferris

Synthesis of long prebiotic oligomers on mineral surfaces

James P. Ferris, Aubrey R. Hill, Rihe Liu et al. · Nature · 1996 · 864 citations

Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Materials Science +12

HCN: A plausible source of purines, pyrimidines and amino acids on the primitive earth

James P. Ferris, P. C. Joshi, E. H. Edelson et al. · Journal of Molecular Evolution · 1978 · 287 citations

Natural Sciences, Biochemistry, Astrochemistry +15

Cyanoacetylene in Prebiotic Synthesis

Robert A. Sanchez, James P. Ferris, Leslie E. Orgel · Science · 1966 · 265 citations

Natural Sciences, Biochemistry, Chemistry +5

Oligomerization of Ribonucleotides on Montmorillonite: Reaction of the 5′-Phosphorimidazolide of Adenosine

James P. Ferris, Gözen Ertem · Science · 1992 · 257 citations

Natural Sciences, Biochemistry, Chemistry +14

Montmorillonite-catalysed formation of RNA oligomers: the possible role of catalysis in the origins of life

James P. Ferris · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 2006 · 255 citations

Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Earth Sciences +14