The Hypercycle

The origin of the genetic code

1968 • 2,226 citations

Atlas of Protein Sequence and Structure, 1966.

1967 • 1,463 citations

Chemical and biological evolution of a nucleotide-binding protein

1974 • 1,457 citations

Structural patterns in globular proteins

1976 • 1,286 citations

β-turns in proteins

1977 • 960 citations

Evidence for Extraterrestrial Amino-acids and Hydrocarbons in the Murchison Meteorite

1970 • 805 citations

Conformation of twisted β-pleated sheets in proteins

1973 • 487 citations

Synthesis of adenine from ammonium cyanide

1960 • 433 citations

Classification of methanogenic bacteria by 16S ribosomal RNA characterization

1977 • 358 citations

Bacteriophage Qβ Replicase Contains the Protein Biosynthesis Elongation Factors EF Tu and EF Ts

1972 • 256 citations

Studies of the complex between transfer RNAs with complementary anticodons

1976 • 233 citations

Conformation of the Anticodon Loop in tRNA

1967 • 231 citations

Is There a Discriminator Site in Transfer RNA?

1972 • 218 citations

Molecular evolution and the origin of life

1973 • 214 citations

Molecular Mechanics of Translation : a Reciprocating Ratchet Mechanism

1970 • 198 citations

Amino-acids, Aliphatic and Aromatic Hydrocarbons in the Murchison Meteorite

1971 • 189 citations

Subunit I of Qβ Replicase and 30 S Ribosomal Protein Sl of Escherichia coli

1974 • 184 citations

Evolution in vitro: Sequence and phenotype of a mutant RNA resistant to ethidium bromide

1974 • 138 citations

Quantum Statistical Mechanics in the Natural Sciences

1974 • 132 citations

Possibilities for the Evolution of the Genetic Code from a Preceding Form

1973 • 129 citations

Primordial Oil Slick

1971 • 121 citations

Detection of a major conformational change in transfer ribonucleic acid by laser light scattering

1976 • 70 citations

Thermodynamics and kinetics of G·C base pairing in the isolated extra arm of serine-specific transfer RNA from yeast

1971 • 61 citations

Chemische Evolution und der Ursprung lebender Systeme

1976 • 47 citations

Study of RNase A mechanism and folding by means of synthetic 63-residue analogs.

1977 • 28 citations

Nucleotide-binding site data and the origin of the genetic code

1977 • 12 citations

The Spatial Control of Cell Differentiation by Autocatalysis and Lateral Inhibition

1977 • 8 citations

Morphogenesis Persistence of Organized Structures and Breakthrough of New Structures

1977 • 5 citations

Evolution of the Transfer RNA Molecule Evolution of the Transfer RNA Molecule

1977 • 5 citations