Chunwu Yu

Nucleotide synthetase ribozymes may have emerged first in the RNA world

Wentao Ma, Chunwu Yu, Wentao Zhang et al. · RNA · 2007 · 40 citations · Full text

A Computer Simulation, Nucleotide Synthetase Ribozymes, Engineering +16

Circularity and self-cleavage as a strategy for the emergence of a chromosome in the RNA-based protocell

Wentao Ma, Chunwu Yu, Wentao Zhang · Biology Direct · 2013 · 24 citations · Full text

Monte Carlo simulation of early molecular evolution in the RNA World

Wentao Ma, Chunwu Yu, Wentao Zhang · Biosystems · 2006 · 23 citations

Engineering, Natural Sciences, Evolutionary Biology +11

The emergence of ribozymes synthesizing membrane components in RNA-based protocells

Wentao Ma, Chunwu Yu, Wentao Zhang et al. · Biosystems · 2009 · 23 citations

Biosynthesis, Engineering, Biochemistry +10

A Simple Template-Dependent Ligase Ribozyme as the RNA Replicase Emerging First in the RNA World

Wentao Ma, Chunwu Yu, Wentao Zhang et al. · Astrobiology · 2010 · 22 citations