title: The emergence of the non-cellular phase of life on the fine-grained clayish particles of the early Earth's regolith.
abstract: A scenario of the origin of the very first ribonucleoproteinoid virus-like complexes, which is based on their synthesis in the interlaminar spaces of clayish grain regolith of the primitive Earth, about 4 billion years ago when water in the form of liquid drops first appeared. The proposed model explains the origin of chirality of modern biopolymers as a result of preferential adsorption of biomonomers on such grains.
authors.affiliation: International Nanobiological Testbed, Russian Branch, Moscow, Russia.
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Nussinov
authors.forename: V A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Otroshchenko
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Santoli
mesh_terms: D000327:Adsorption; D000538:Aluminum Silicates; D001704:Biopolymers / Q000737:chemistry; D000077215:Clay; D008954:Models, Biological; D012261:Ribonucleoproteins / Q000096:biosynthesis; D013237:Stereoisomerism; D014780:Viruses / Q000378:metabolism; D014867:Water
chemical_list: D000538:Aluminum Silicates; D001704:Biopolymers; D012261:Ribonucleoproteins; D014867:Water; D000077215:Clay