title: The origin of life on the earth.
abstract: Growing evidence supports the idea that the emergence of catalytic RNA was a crucial early step. How that RNA came into being remains unknown.
authors.affiliation: Salk Institute for Biological Studies, San Diego.
authors.forename: L E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Orgel
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D018534:Earth, Planet; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D000069497:Origin of Life; D012313:RNA / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D016337:RNA, Catalytic
chemical_list: D016337:RNA, Catalytic; D012313:RNA