Issue 12, 2020

A biointerface effect on the self-assembly of ribonucleic acids: a possible mechanism of RNA polymerisation in the self-replication cycle

Abstract

Despite decades of intensive research, many questions remain on the formation and growth of the first cells on Earth. Here, we used computer simulation to compare the self-assembly process of ribonucleic acids in two environments: enclosed in a vesicle-cell membrane and in the bulk. The self-assembly was found to be more favoured in the former environment, and the origin of such a biointerface effect was identified. These results will contribute to a better understanding of the origin of life on the primitive Earth.

Graphical abstract: A biointerface effect on the self-assembly of ribonucleic acids: a possible mechanism of RNA polymerisation in the self-replication cycle

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
08 Nov. 2019
Accepted
16 Febr. 2020
First published
18 Febr. 2020

Nanoscale, 2020,12, 6691-6698

A biointerface effect on the self-assembly of ribonucleic acids: a possible mechanism of RNA polymerisation in the self-replication cycle

N. Arai, Y. Kobayashi and K. Yasuoka, Nanoscale, 2020, 12, 6691 DOI: 10.1039/C9NR09537C

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