References for Harold Morowitz and Vijay Surathy

BOTTOM UP APPROACH

1. Morowitz HJ, Kostelnik JD, Yang J, Cody GD.  The origin of
intermediary metabolism.  Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2000 Jul
5;97(14):7704-8.

2. Smith E, Morowitz HJ.  Universality in intermediary metabolism.  Proc
Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 Sep 7;101(36):13168-73

3. Copley SD, Smith E, Morowitz HJ.  A mechanism for the association of
amino acids with their codons and the origin of the genetic code.  Proc
Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2005 Mar 22;102(12):4442-7

THE DE DUVE SCENARIO

"Bluprint for a Cell", Christian de Duve, Patterson Publishers, 1991

SMALL MOLECULE CATALYSIS, A POWERFUL SELF-ORGANIZING PRINCIPLE

Pizzarello S, Weber AL.  Prebiotic amino acids as asymmetric catalysts.
Science. 2004 Feb 20;303(5661):1151.