title: Energy problems in life evolution.
abstract: Evolutionary aspects of bioenergetics are considered. These include the origin of the first organisms, UV-protection and the beginnings of anoxygenic photosynthesis, the electron donor problem of life and the appearance of oxygenic photosynthesis, oxygen danger and strategies of defense, and the role of oxygen in programmed cell death.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology of Microorganisms, Faculty of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119992, Russia. vds@8.cellimm.bio.msu.ru
authors.forename: V D
authors.initials: VD
authors.lastname: Samuilov
mesh_terms: D005075:Biological Evolution; D016923:Cell Death / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D004579:Electron Transport; D004734:Energy Metabolism; D006801:Humans; D019369:Life; D010100:Oxygen / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D010100:Oxygen