Search Results - "Le Vay, Kristian"
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Heated gas bubbles enrich, crystallize, dry, phosphorylate and encapsulate prebiotic molecules
Published in Nature chemistry (01-09-2019)“…Non-equilibrium conditions must have been crucial for the assembly of the first informational polymers of early life, by supporting their formation and…”
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Construction and in vivo assembly of a catalytically proficient and hyperthermostable de novo enzyme
Published in Nature communications (25-08-2017)“…Although catalytic mechanisms in natural enzymes are well understood, achieving the diverse palette of reaction chemistries in re-engineered native proteins…”
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Ribozyme activity modulates the physical properties of RNA-peptide coacervates
Published in eLife (16-06-2023)“…Condensed coacervate phases are now understood to be important features of modern cell biology, as well as valuable protocellular models in origin-of-life…”
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Compartmentalised RNA catalysis in membrane-free coacervate protocells
Published in Nature communications (07-09-2018)“…Phase separation of mixtures of oppositely charged polymers provides a simple and direct route to compartmentalisation via complex coacervation, which may have…”
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Generation of RNA with 2', 3'-Cyclic Phosphates by Deoxyribozyme Cleavage in Frozen Solutions
Published in Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) (2022)“…The generation of terminal 2', 3'-cyclic phosphates on RNA oligomers is an important process in the study of tRNA splicing and repair, ribozyme catalysis, and…”
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Ribozyme-mediated RNA synthesis and replication in a model Hadean microenvironment
Published in Nature communications (17-03-2023)“…Enzyme-catalyzed replication of nucleic acid sequences is a prerequisite for the survival and evolution of biological entities. Before the advent of protein…”
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PCR Methods for the Generation of Catalytic ssDNA
Published in Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) (2022)“…The ability to produce single-stranded DNA on a preparative scale from low amounts of starting templates is necessary for most research involving…”
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Prebiotically Plausible RNA Activation Compatible with Ribozyme‐Catalyzed Ligation
Published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition (08-02-2021)“…RNA‐catalyzed RNA ligation is widely believed to be a key reaction for primordial biology. However, since typical chemical routes towards activating RNA…”
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Enhanced Ribozyme‐Catalyzed Recombination and Oligonucleotide Assembly in Peptide‐RNA Condensates
Published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition (06-12-2021)“…The ability of RNA to catalyze RNA ligation is critical to its central role in many prebiotic model scenarios, in particular the copying of information during…”
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Nucleic Acid Catalysis under Potential Prebiotic Conditions
Published in Chemistry, an Asian journal (17-01-2020)“…Catalysis by nucleic acids is indispensable for extant cellular life, and it is widely accepted that nucleic acid enzymes were crucial for the emergence of…”
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Designer artificial membrane binding proteins to direct stem cells to the myocardium
Published in Chemical science (Cambridge) (28-08-2019)“…We present a new cell membrane modification methodology where the inherent heart tissue homing properties of the infectious bacteria Streptococcus gordonii are…”
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Functionalized Triblock Copolymer Vectors for the Treatment of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Published in Molecular pharmaceutics (06-03-2017)“…The chemotherapeutic Parthenolide is an exciting new candidate for the treatment of acute lymphoblastic leukemia, but like many other small-molecule drugs, it…”
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Präbiotisch plausible RNA‐Aktivierung kompatibel mit ribozymkatalysierter Ligation
Published in Angewandte Chemie (08-02-2021)“…RNA‐katalysierte RNA‐Ligation wird häufig als Schlüsselreaktion für die Ursprünge der Biologie angesehen. Da jedoch typische Reaktionswege zur Aktivierung von…”
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Enhanced Ribozyme‐Catalyzed Recombination and Oligonucleotide Assembly in Peptide‐RNA Condensates
Published in Angewandte Chemie (06-12-2021)“…The ability of RNA to catalyze RNA ligation is critical to its central role in many prebiotic model scenarios, in particular the copying of information during…”
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How DNA and RNA subunits might have formed to make the first genetic alphabet
Published in Nature (London) (01-06-2020)“…Understanding the prebiotic origins of the nucleic acids is a long-standing challenge. The latest experiments support the idea that the first nucleic acid…”
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A plausible route to the first genetic alphabet
Published in Nature (London) (04-06-2020)“…Workers from the same research group as Xu et at. had previously identified4 a network of reactions promoted by ultraviolet light that resulted in the…”
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Heated gas bubbles enrich, crystallize, dry, phosphorylate and encapsulate prebiotic molecules
Published 12-04-2021“…Nature Chemistry volume 11, pages 779-788, year 2019 Non-equilibrium conditions must have been crucial for the assembly of the first informational polymers of…”
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Cover Feature: Nucleic Acid Catalysis under Potential Prebiotic Conditions (Chem. Asian J. 2/2020)
Published in Chemistry, an Asian journal (17-01-2020)“…The cover feature illustrates various environmental factors influencing nucleic acid catalysis on early Earth, including temperature, pH, metal ion…”
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Controlling Protein Nanocage Assembly with Hydrostatic Pressure
Published in Journal of the American Chemical Society (09-12-2020)“…Controlling the assembly and disassembly of nanoscale protein cages for the capture and internalization of protein or non-proteinaceous components is…”
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The streptococcal multidomain fibrillar adhesin CshA has an elongated polymeric architecture
Published in The Journal of biological chemistry (08-05-2020)“…The cell surfaces of many bacteria carry filamentous polypeptides termed adhesins that enable binding to both biotic and abiotic surfaces. Surface adherence is…”
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