title: Were the first organisms heat engines? A new model for biogenesis and the early evolution of biological energy conversion.
authors.affiliation: E.C. Slater Institute, BioCentrum Amsterdam, Universiteit van Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: A W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Muller
mesh_terms: D005075:Biological Evolution; D001833:Body Temperature Regulation; D004734:Energy Metabolism; D008954:Models, Biological; D000069497:Origin of Life; D010788:Photosynthesis; D006180:Proton-Translocating ATPases / Q000378:metabolism; D012313:RNA / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D012313:RNA; D006180:Proton-Translocating ATPases