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Novel molecular fossils of bacteria: insights into hydrothermal origin of life.
Journal of theoretical biology - 7 Oct 2012
Dai Jianghong
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Hydrothermal vents, in particular, alkaline submarine vents, are potential systems for the origin of life. Early hydrothermal vents may have imprinted on biochemical processes and housekeeping proteins of life and have hallmarked key molecules. This essay introduces new information to this discussion by focusing on newly identified sulfur-modified DNA and a heretofore ignored anhydro bond of the cell wall...
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