Benner, Steven A.

Potential role of sugar (fructose) in the epidemic of hypertension, obesity and the metabolic syndrome, diabetes, kidney disease, and cardiovascular disease

Johnson, R. J., Segal, M. S., Sautin, Y., Nakagawa, T., Feig, D. I., Kang, D.-H., Gersch, M. S., Benner, S., & Sánchez-Lozada, L. G. (2007) · The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Diet, Metabolism, and DiseaseBirth, Development, and Health

Cited by 1,075

Synthetic biology

Benner, S. A., & Sismour, A. M. (2005) · Nature Reviews Genetics

Gene Regulatory Network AnalysisMicrobial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction

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Borate Minerals Stabilize Ribose

Ricardo, A., Carrigan, M. A., Olcott, A. N., & Benner, S. A. (2004) · Science

Origins and Evolution of LifeRNA and protein synthesis mechanisms

Cited by 646

Hachimoji DNA and RNA: A genetic system with eight building blocks.

Hoshika, S., Leal, N. A., Kim, M.-J., Kim, M.-S., Karalkar, N. B., Kim, H.-J., Bates, A. M., Watkins, N. E., SantaLucia, H. A., Meyer, A. J., et al. (2019) · Science

DNA and Nucleic Acid ChemistryRNA and protein synthesis mechanisms

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Modern metabolism as a palimpsest of the RNA world

Benner, S. A., Ellington, A. D., & Tauer, A. (1989) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Origins and Evolution of LifeRNA and protein synthesis mechanisms

Cited by 478

The missing organic molecules on Mars

Benner, S. A., Devine, K. G., Matveeva, L. N., & Powell, D. H. (2000) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Planetary Science and ExplorationAstro and Planetary Science

Cited by 422

Is there a common chemical model for life in the universe?

Benner, S. A., Ricardo, A., & Carrigan, M. A. (2004) · Current Opinion in Chemical Biology

Space Science and Extraterrestrial LifeOrigins and Evolution of Life

Cited by 363

Resurrecting ancestral alcohol dehydrogenases from yeast

Thomson, J. M., Gaucher, E. A., Burgan, M. F., De Kee, D. W., Li, T., Aris, J. P., & Benner, S. A. (2005) · Nature Genetics

Fungal and yeast genetics researchEvolution and Genetic Dynamics

Cited by 341

Asphalt, Water, and the Prebiotic Synthesis of Ribose, Ribonucleosides, and RNA

Benner, S. A., Kim, H.-J., & Carrigan, M. A. (2012) · Accounts of Chemical Research

Origins and Evolution of LifeRNA and protein synthesis mechanisms

Cited by 281

Synthesis of Carbohydrates in Mineral-Guided Prebiotic Cycles

Kim, H.-J., Ricardo, A., Illangkoon, H. I., Kim, M. J., Carrigan, M. A., Frye, F., & Benner, S. A. (2011) · Journal of the American Chemical Society

Origins and Evolution of LifeRNA and protein synthesis mechanisms

Cited by 268

Artificially expanded genetic information system: a new base pair with an alternative hydrogen bonding pattern

Yang, Z., Hutter, D., Sheng, P., Sismour, A. M., & Benner, S. A. (2006) · Nucleic Acids Research

DNA and Nucleic Acid ChemistryRNA and protein synthesis mechanisms

Cited by 196

When Did Life Likely Emerge on Earth in an RNA‐First Process?

Benner, S. A., Bell, E. A., Biondi, E., Brasser, R., Carell, T., Kim, H., Mojzsis, S. J., Omran, A., Pasek, M. A., & Trail, D. (2020) · ChemSystemsChem

Origins and Evolution of LifeRNA and protein synthesis mechanisms

Cited by 162

Nucleobase Pairing in Expanded Watson-Crick-like Genetic Information Systems

Geyer, C. R., Battersby, T. R., & Benner, S. A. (2003) · Structure

DNA and Nucleic Acid ChemistryRNA and protein synthesis mechanisms

Cited by 159

Prebiotic Stereoselective Synthesis of Purine and Noncanonical Pyrimidine Nucleotide from Nucleobases and Phosphorylated Carbohydrates

Kim, H.-J., & Benner, S. A. (2017) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Origins and Evolution of LifeRNA and protein synthesis mechanisms

Cited by 114

Prebiotic Chemistry that Could Not Not Have Happened

Benner, S. A., Kim, H.-J., & Biondi, E. (2019) · Life

Origins and Evolution of LifeRNA and protein synthesis mechanisms

Cited by 66

A Strategy for Origins of Life Research

Scharf, C., Virgo, N., Cleaves, H. J., Aono, M., Aubert-Kato, N., Aydinoglu, A., Barahona, A., Barge, L. M., Benner, S. A., Biehl, M., et al. (2015) · Astrobiology

Origins and Evolution of LifeSpace Science and Extraterrestrial Life

Cited by 65

Abiotic Regioselective Phosphorylation of Adenosine with Borate in Formamide

Furukawa, Y., Kim, H.-J., Hutter, D., & Benner, S. A. (2015) · Astrobiology

Origins and Evolution of LifeOrganophosphorus compounds synthesis

Cited by 44

Comment on “A Bacterium That Can Grow by Using Arsenic Instead of Phosphorus”

Benner, S. A. (2011) · Science

Origins and Evolution of LifeArsenic contamination and mitigation

Cited by 37

Comment on “The Silicate-Mediated Formose Reaction: Bottom-Up Synthesis of Sugar Silicates”

Kim, H.-J., & Benner, S. A. (2010) · Science

Origins and Evolution of LifeEnzyme Catalysis and Immobilization

Cited by 32

Models and Standards of Proof in Cross-Disciplinary Science: The Case of Arsenic DNA

Benner, S. A., Bains, W., & Seager, S. (2013) · Astrobiology

Interdisciplinary Research and CollaborationPhilosophy of Biology and Scientific Explanation

Cited by 20

Prebiotic plausibility and networks of paradox-resolving independent models

Benner, S. A. (2018) · Nature Communications

Philosophy of Biology and Scientific ExplanationOrigins and Evolution of Life

Cited by 20

Mineral-Organic Interactions in Prebiotic Synthesis: The Discontinuous Synthesis Model for the Formation of RNA in Naturally Complex Geological Environments

Benner, S. A., Kim, H.-J., & Biondi, E. (2018) · Nucleic Acids and Molecular Biology

Origins and Evolution of LifeRNA and protein synthesis mechanisms

Cited by 10

Alien biochemistries

Ward, P. D., & Benner, S. A. (2007) · Planets and Life

Space Science and Extraterrestrial LifeOrigins and Evolution of Life

Cited by 9