References for 9/20/95:


RNA World pp. ix-xxiii, chapters 1, 18, appendix 2.

RNA structure:
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1. Westhof, Eric and Luc Jaeger. RNA Pseudoknots. Current Opinion in Structural Biology 2, 327-333 (1992).

2. ten Dam, E., Pleij, K. and D. Draper. Structural and Functional Aspects of RNA Pseudoknots. Biochemistry 31, 11665-11676 (1992).

3. Philippe, C., Benard, L., Portier, C., Westhof, E., Ehresmann, B. and C. Ehresmann. Molecular dissection of the pseudoknot governing the translational regulation of E. coli ribosomal protein S15. NAR 23, 18-28 (1995).

4. Emory, S.A., Bouvet, P. and J.G. Belasco. A 5-prime terminal stem-loop structure can stabilize mRNA in E. coli. Genes & Dev. 6, 135-148 (1992).

5. Kozak, M. Structural features in eukaryotic mRNAs that modulate the initiation of translation. J. Biol. Chem. 266, 19867-19870 (1991).

6. Cullen, B. R. Regulation of HIV-1 gene expression. FASEB 5, 2361-2368 (1991).

7. Theil, E. C. Regulation of Ferritin and Transferrin Receptor mRNAs. J. Biol. Chem. 265, 4771-4774 (1990).


Origin of life and the pre-RNA world:

1. Gilbert, Walter. The RNA World. Nature 319, 618 (1986).

2. Joyce, Gerald. RNA evolution and the origins of life. Nature 338, 217-223 (1989).

3. White, Harold B. III. Evolution of Coenzymes and the origin of pyridine nucleotides. chapter 1 in The Pyridine Nucleotide: Coenzymes (title?) (ISBN 0-12-244750-6) Academic Press (1982).

4. Orgel, Leslie. The origin of life on the earth. Scientific American 271, 77-83 (1994).

5. Orgel, Leslie. Molecular replication. Nature 358, 203-208 (1992).

6. N.R. Pace. Origin of Life-Facing up to the physical setting. Cell 65, 531-533 (1991).

7. Ferris, J.P. The Chemistry of Lifes Origin. C&EN, Aug. 27, 1984, pp.22-35.

8. M.M. Waldrop. Goodbye to the Warm Little Pond? Science. 250, 1078-1080 (1990).

9. Crick, F.H.C. The origin of the genetic code. J. Mol. Biol. 38, 367-379 (1968).