Heat flows in rock cracks naturally optimize salt compositions for ribozymes
Thomas Matreux, Kristian Le Vay, Almuth Schmid, Paula Aikkila, Lukas Belohlavek, Ayșe Zeynep Çalıșkanoǧlu, Elia Salibi, Alexandra Kühnlein, C. Springsklee, Bettina Scheu, Donald B. Dingwell, Dieter Braun, Hannes Mutschler, Christof B. Mast
Topics & Concepts
RibozymeChemistryMagnesiumSalt (chemistry)Leaching (pedology)CatalysisAbiogenesisRNAInorganic chemistryBiophysicsBiochemistryGeologyOrganic chemistrySoil scienceGeneticsGeneBiologySoil waterOrigins and Evolution of Lifethermodynamics and calorimetric analysesRNA and protein synthesis mechanisms