Polymerization of amino acids containing nucleotide bases

The case for an ancestral genetic system involving simple analogues of the nucleotides.

Gerald F. Joyce, Alan W. Schwartz, Stanley L. Miller et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1987 · 387 citations · Full text

Bioorganic Chemistry, Comparative Genomics, Genetics +22

Template-Directed Synthesis of Novel, Nucleic Acid-Like Structures

Alan W. Schwartz, Leslie E. Orgel · Science · 1985 · 130 citations

N,N′-carbonyldiimidazole-induced peptide formation in aqueous solution

Kenneth W. Ehler, Leslie E. Orgel · Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Protein Structure · 1976 · 94 citations

Bioorganic Chemistry, Biochemistry, Natural Sciences +4

An improved rapid method for the synthesis of N-carboxy .alpha.-amino acid anhydrides using trichloromethyl chloroformate

Ryoichi Katakai, Yasuko Iizuka · The Journal of Organic Chemistry · 1985 · 80 citations

Combinatorial Chemistry, Bioorganic Chemistry, Biochemistry +12

33. Purines, pyrimidines, and glyoxalines. Part VIII. New syntheses of uracils and thymines

G. Shaw, Ronald N. Warrener · Journal of the Chemical Society (Resumed) · 1958 · 70 citations

Bioorganic Chemistry, Engineering, Theoretical Inorganic Chemistry +17