Arthur L. Weber Explained

Arthur L. Weber is an American chemist, whose research field is pre-life chemistry, was a pioneer to reveal the role of thioester in abiogenesis.[1] [2] He has worked in Salk Institute for Biological Studies and NASA Ames Research Center successively.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Weber . AL . Formation of pyrophosphate, tripolyphosphate, and phosphorylimidazole with the thioester, n, s-diacetyl-cysteamine, as the condensing agent. . Journal of Molecular Evolution . 1981 . 18 . 1 . 24–9 . 10.1007/BF01733208 . 7334525. 1981JMolE..18...24W . 21150720 .
  2. Weber . AL . Prebiotic formation of 'energy-rich' thioesters from glyceraldehyde and N-acetylcysteine. . Origins of Life and Evolution of the Biosphere . 1984 . 15 . 1 . 17–27 . 10.1007/BF01809390 . 11541968. 1984OrLi...15...17W . 10596420 .
  3. Deamer . D . Weber . AL . Bioenergetics and life's origins. . Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology . February 2010 . 2 . 2 . a004929 . 10.1101/cshperspect.a004929 . 20182625. 2828274 .