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Title |
Journal |
Year |
PubWeight™‹?› |
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1
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On the origins of cells: a hypothesis for the evolutionary transitions from abiotic geochemistry to chemoautotrophic prokaryotes, and from prokaryotes to nucleated cells.
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Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci
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2003
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2.93
|
|
2
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Hydrothermal vents and the origin of life.
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Nat Rev Microbiol
|
2008
|
2.60
|
|
3
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On the origin of biochemistry at an alkaline hydrothermal vent.
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Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci
|
2007
|
2.15
|
|
4
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Hydrogen sulfide as an oxygen sensor/transducer in vertebrate hypoxic vasoconstriction and hypoxic vasodilation.
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J Exp Biol
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2006
|
1.52
|
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5
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Extreme accumulation of nucleotides in simulated hydrothermal pore systems.
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Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
|
2007
|
1.51
|
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6
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Hydrogen sulfide as an endogenous regulator of vascular smooth muscle tone in trout.
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Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol
|
2004
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1.30
|
|
7
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Was nitric oxide the first deep electron sink?
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Trends Biochem Sci
|
2008
|
1.24
|
|
8
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Vertebrate phylogeny of hydrogen sulfide vasoactivity.
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Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol
|
2004
|
1.12
|
|
9
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Hydrothermal focusing of chemical and chemiosmotic energy, supported by delivery of catalytic Fe, Ni, Mo/W, Co, S and Se, forced life to emerge.
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J Mol Evol
|
2009
|
1.07
|
|
10
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The ineluctable requirement for the trans-iron elements molybdenum and/or tungsten in the origin of life.
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Sci Rep
|
2012
|
0.99
|
|
11
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Redox bifurcations: mechanisms and importance to life now, and at its origin: a widespread means of energy conversion in biology unfolds….
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Bioessays
|
2011
|
0.98
|
|
12
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Beating the acetyl coenzyme A-pathway to the origin of life.
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Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci
|
2013
|
0.95
|
|
13
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Iron-sulfide-bearing chimneys as potential catalytic energy traps at life's emergence.
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Astrobiology
|
2011
|
0.94
|
|
14
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Sites for phosphates and iron-sulfur thiolates in the first membranes: 3 to 6 residue anion-binding motifs (nests).
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Orig Life Evol Biosph
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2005
|
0.94
|
|
15
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Peptide and RNA contributions to iron-sulphur chemical gardens as life's first inorganic compartments, catalysts, capacitors and condensers.
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Philos Trans A Math Phys Eng Sci
|
2012
|
0.92
|
|
16
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Characterization of iron-phosphate-silicate chemical garden structures.
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Langmuir
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2011
|
0.87
|
|
17
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On the antiquity of metalloenzymes and their substrates in bioenergetics.
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Biochim Biophys Acta
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2013
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0.85
|
|
18
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On the universal core of bioenergetics.
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Biochim Biophys Acta
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2012
|
0.85
|
|
19
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Turnstiles and bifurcators: the disequilibrium converting engines that put metabolism on the road.
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Biochim Biophys Acta
|
2012
|
0.84
|
|
20
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Radiologic-pathologic conference of Brooke Army Medical Center: endometriosis of the canal of Nuck.
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AJR Am J Roentgenol
|
2006
|
0.84
|
|
21
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Predicting the conformations of peptides and proteins in early evolution. A review article submitted to Biology Direct.
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Biol Direct
|
2008
|
0.83
|
|
22
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Design, fabrication, and test of a hydrothermal reactor for origin-of-life experiments.
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Astrobiology
|
2010
|
0.83
|
|
23
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C-type natriuretic peptide of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss): primary structure and vasorelaxant activities.
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Gen Comp Endocrinol
|
2003
|
0.82
|
|
24
|
Dimethyl sulfoxide provides neuroprotection in a traumatic brain injury model.
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Restor Neurol Neurosci
|
2008
|
0.82
|
|
25
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Protocol for electrophysiological monitoring of carotid endarterectomies.
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J Biomed Res
|
2010
|
0.76
|
|
26
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Transuranic isotopes and 90Sr in attic dust in the vicinity of two nuclear establishments in northern Germany.
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Health Phys
|
2004
|
0.75
|
|
27
|
Pruritic scaly rash on arms and legs.
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Arch Dermatol
|
2011
|
0.75
|
|
28
|
Columnar cell variant of papillary thyroid carcinoma.
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Ear Nose Throat J
|
2006
|
0.75
|