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The transition from noncoded to coded protein synthesis: did coding mRNAs arise from stability-enhancing binding partners to tRNA?

Harold S Bernhardt* and Warren P Tate

Biology Direct 2010, 5:16 doi:10.1186/1745-6150-5-16

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Primordial soup or vinaigrette: did the RNA world evolve at acidic pH?

Harold S Bernhardt, Warren P Tate Biology Direct 2012, 7:4 (20 January 2012)

The greater stability of key RNA bonds at acidic pH, such as link the phosphodiester backbone and between amino acids and tRNA, suggests the RNA world evolved in acidic conditions.