Wächtershäuser, Günter

Before enzymes and templates: theory of surface metabolism

Wächtershäuser, G. (1988) · Microbiological Reviews

Origins and Evolution of LifeMicrobial metabolism and enzyme function

Cited by 1,242

Evolution of the first metabolic cycles.

Wächtershäuser, G. (1990) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Origins and Evolution of LifeRNA and protein synthesis mechanisms

Cited by 751

Groundworks for an evolutionary biochemistry: The iron-sulphur world

Wächtershäuser, G. (1992) · Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology

Origins and Evolution of LifeMetalloenzymes and iron-sulfur proteins

Cited by 677

Pyrite Formation, the First Energy Source for Life: a Hypothesis

Wächtershäuser, G. (1988) · Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Origins and Evolution of LifePaleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils

Cited by 374

From volcanic origins of chemoautotrophic life to Bacteria, Archaea and Eukarya

Wächtershäuser, G. (2006) · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Origins and Evolution of LifeEvolution and Genetic Dynamics

Cited by 275

From pre‐cells to Eukarya – a tale of two lipids

Wächtershäuser, G. (2003) · Molecular Microbiology

Origins and Evolution of LifeEvolution and Genetic Dynamics

Cited by 176

The origin of life and its methodological challenge

Wächtershäuser, G. (1997) · Journal of Theoretical Biology

Origins and Evolution of LifePhilosophy of Biology and Scientific Explanation

Cited by 134

An all-purine precursor of nucleic acids

Wächtershäuser, G. (1988) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Biochemical and Molecular ResearchOrigins and Evolution of Life

Cited by 100

Elements of Metabolic Evolution

Huber, C., Kraus, F., Hanzlik, M., Eisenreich, W., & Wächtershäuser, G. (2012) · Chemistry – A European Journal

Origins and Evolution of LifeRNA and protein synthesis mechanisms

Cited by 52

Towards a Reconstruction of Ancestral Genomes by Gene Cluster Alignment

Wächtershäuser, G. (1998) · Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Genomics and Phylogenetic StudiesGenome Rearrangement Algorithms

Cited by 39

In Praise of Error

Wächtershäuser, G. (2016) · Journal of Molecular Evolution

Origins and Evolution of LifePhilosophy of Biology and Scientific Explanation

Cited by 21

Chemoautotrophic Origin of Life: The Iron–Sulfur World Hypothesis

Wächtershäuser, G. (2010) · Geomicrobiology: Molecular and Environmental Perspective

Origins and Evolution of LifePaleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils

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