Hud, Nicholas V.

Ester‐Mediated Amide Bond Formation Driven by Wet–Dry Cycles: A Possible Path to Polypeptides on the Prebiotic Earth

Forsythe, J. G., Yu, S., Mamajanov, I., Grover, M. A., Krishnamurthy, R., Fernández, F. M., & Hud, N. V. (2015) · Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Origins and Evolution of LifeRNA and protein synthesis mechanisms

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History of the ribosome and the origin of translation

Petrov, A. S., Gulen, B., Norris, A. M., Kovacs, N. A., Bernier, C. R., Lanier, K. A., Fox, G. E., Harvey, S. C., Wartell, R. M., Hud, N. V., et al. (2015) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

RNA and protein synthesis mechanismsOrigins and Evolution of Life

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The Origin of RNA and “My Grandfather’s Axe”

Hud, N. V., Cafferty, B. J., Krishnamurthy, R., & Williams, L. D. (2013) · Chemistry & Biology

Origins and Evolution of LifeRNA and protein synthesis mechanisms

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Efficient self-assembly in water of long noncovalent polymers by nucleobase analogues

Cafferty, B. J., Gállego, I., Chen, M. C., Farley, K. I., Eritja, R., & Hud, N. V. (2013) · Journal of the American Chemical Society

Supramolecular Self-Assembly in MaterialsSupramolecular Chemistry and Complexes

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Darwin's Warm Little Pond: A One‐Pot Reaction for Prebiotic Phosphorylation and the Mobilization of Phosphate from Minerals in a Urea‐Based Solvent

Burcar, B., Pasek, M., Gull, M., Cafferty, B. J., Velasco, F., Hud, N. V., & Menor‐Salván, C. (2016) · Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Origins and Evolution of LifeOrganophosphorus compounds synthesis

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Selective incorporation of proteinaceous over nonproteinaceous cationic amino acids in model prebiotic oligomerization reactions

Frenkel-Pinter, M., Haynes, J. W., C, M., Petrov, A. S., Burcar, B. T., Krishnamurthy, R., Hud, N. V., Leman, L. J., & Williams, L. D. (2019) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Origins and Evolution of LifeRNA and protein synthesis mechanisms

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Ester formation and hydrolysis during wet–dry cycles: generation of far-from-equilibrium polymers in a model prebiotic reaction

Mamajanov, I., MacDonald, P. J., Ying, J., Duncanson, D. M., Dowdy, G. R., Walker, C. A., Engelhart, A. E., Fernández, F. M., Grover, M. A., Hud, N. V., et al. (2014) · Macromolecules

Origins and Evolution of LifeRNA and protein synthesis mechanisms

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Abiotic synthesis of RNA in water: a common goal of prebiotic chemistry and bottom-up synthetic biology

Cafferty, B. J., & Hud, N. V. (2014) · Current Opinion in Chemical Biology

Origins and Evolution of LifeRNA and protein synthesis mechanisms

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Primitive Genetic Polymers

Engelhart, A. E., & Hud, N. V. (2010) · Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology

Origins and Evolution of LifeRNA and protein synthesis mechanisms

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The Ribosome Challenge to the RNA World

Bowman, J. C., Hud, N. V., & Williams, L. D. (2015) · Journal of Molecular Evolution

Origins and Evolution of LifeRNA and protein synthesis mechanisms

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Spontaneous Prebiotic Formation of a β-Ribofuranoside That Self-Assembles with a Complementary Heterocycle

Chen, M. C., Cafferty, B. J., Mamajanov, I., Gállego, I., Khanam, J., Krishnamurthy, R., & Hud, N. V. (2014) · Journal of the American Chemical Society

Origins and Evolution of LifeRNA and protein synthesis mechanisms

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Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking in the Formation of Supramolecular Polymers: Implications for the Origin of Biological Homochirality

Karunakaran, S. C., Cafferty, B. J., Weigert‐Muñoz, A., Schuster, G. B., & Hud, N. V. (2019) · Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Origins and Evolution of LifeSupramolecular Chemistry and Complexes

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Folding, Assembly, and Persistence: The Essential Nature and Origins of Biopolymers

Runnels, C. M., Lanier, K. A., Williams, J. K., Bowman, J. C., Petrov, A. S., Hud, N. V., & Williams, L. D. (2018) · Journal of Molecular Evolution

Origins and Evolution of LifeRNA and protein synthesis mechanisms

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Water and Life: The Medium is the Message

Frenkel-Pinter, M., Rajaei, V., Glass, J. B., Hud, N. V., & Williams, L. D. (2021) · Journal of Molecular Evolution

Origins and Evolution of LifeChemical and Physical Studies

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Universal Sequence Replication, Reversible Polymerization and Early Functional Biopolymers: A Model for the Initiation of Prebiotic Sequence Evolution

Walker, S. I., Grover, M. A., & Hud, N. V. (2012) · PLoS ONE

Origins and Evolution of LifeEvolution and Genetic Dynamics

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Intercalation as a means to suppress cyclization and promote polymerization of base-pairing oligonucleotides in a prebiotic world

Horowitz, E. D., Engelhart, A. E., Chen, M. C., Quarles, K. A., Smith, M. W., Lynn, D. G., & Hud, N. V. (2010) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Origins and Evolution of LifeDNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry

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Multiple prebiotic metals mediate translation

Bray, M. S., Lenz, T. K., Haynes, J. W., Bowman, J. C., Petrov, A. S., Reddi, A. R., Hud, N. V., Williams, L. D., & Glass, J. B. (2018) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

RNA and protein synthesis mechanismsOrigins and Evolution of Life

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RNA–DNA Chimeras in the Context of an RNA World Transition to an RNA/DNA World

Gavette, J. V., Stoop, M., Hud, N. V., & Krishnamurthy, R. (2016) · Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Origins and Evolution of LifeRNA and protein synthesis mechanisms

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Molecular paleontology: a biochemical model of the ancestral ribosome

Hsiao, C., Lenz, T. K., Peters, J. K., Fang, P.-Y., Schneider, D. M., Anderson, E. J., Preeprem, T., Bowman, J. C., O'Neill, E. B., Lie, L., et al. (2013) · Nucleic Acids Research

RNA and protein synthesis mechanismsOrigins and Evolution of Life

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Water-Based Dynamic Depsipeptide Chemistry: Building Block Recycling and Oligomer Distribution Control Using Hydration–Dehydration Cycles

C, M., Frenkel-Pinter, M., Smith, K. H., Rivera-Santana, V. F., Sargon, A. B., Jacobson, K. C., Guzman-Martinez, A., Williams, L. D., Leman, L. J., Liotta, C. L., et al. (2022) · JACS Au

Chemical Synthesis and AnalysisAdvanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterization

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