Arthur L. Weber

Arthur L. Weber is an American chemist, whose research field is pre-life chemistry, was a pioneer to reveal the role of thioester in abiogenesis.[1][2] He has worked in Salk Institute for Biological Studies and NASA Ames Research Center successively.[3]

References
  1. Weber, AL (1981). "Formation of pyrophosphate, tripolyphosphate, and phosphorylimidazole with the thioester, n, s-diacetyl-cysteamine, as the condensing agent". Journal of Molecular Evolution. 18 (1): 24–9. Bibcode:1981JMolE..18...24W. doi:10.1007/BF01733208. PMID 7334525. S2CID 21150720.
  2. Weber, AL (1984). "Prebiotic formation of 'energy-rich' thioesters from glyceraldehyde and N-acetylcysteine". Origins of Life and Evolution of the Biosphere. 15 (1): 17–27. Bibcode:1984OrLi...15...17W. doi:10.1007/BF01809390. PMID 11541968. S2CID 10596420.
  3. Deamer, D; Weber, AL (February 2010). "Bioenergetics and life's origins". Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology. 2 (2): a004929. doi:10.1101/cshperspect.a004929. PMC 2828274. PMID 20182625.


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