Mineral Induced Phosphorylation of Glycolate Ion – a Metaphor in Chemical Evolution

Volcanic production of polyphosphates and its relevance to prebiotic evolution

Yuki Yamagata, Hiro WATANABE, Makiko SAITOH et al. · Nature · 1991 · 369 citations

Biology, Organic Geochemistry, Volcanology +9

The chemical conditions on the parent body of the murchison meteorite: Some conclusions based on amino, hydroxy and dicarboxylic acids

Edward T. Peltzer, Jeffrey L. Bada, Gordon Schlesinger et al. · Advances in Space Research · 1984 · 256 citations

Organic Geochemistry, Parent Body, Engineering +8

Urea-Inorganic Phosphate Mixtures as Prebiotic Phosphorylating Agents

R. Lohrmann, Leslie E. Orgel · Science · 1971 · 241 citations

Comet Halley as an aggregate of interstellar dust and further evidence for the photochemical formation of organics in the interstellar medium

Robert G. Briggs, G. Ertem, James P. Ferris et al. · Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres · 1992 · 207 citations

Organic Geochemistry, Engineering, Interstellar Dust +6

Conditions for Purine Synthesis: Did Prebiotic Synthesis Occur at Low Temperatures?

Robert A. Sanchez, James P. Ferris, Leslie E. Orgel · Science · 1966 · 203 citations

Purine Synthesis, Biosynthesis, Low Temperatures +10