Author

Arthur L. Weber

Observed names: A. L. Weber, A.L. Weber, Arthur Weber

Institution: Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence

Observed institutions: Ames Research Center, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, University of Miami, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, University of Alabama, University of Alabama at Birmingham, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, UAB Medicine, Arizona State University, Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence, University of California, Berkeley

OpenAlex ID: A5111580495

Prebiotic Amino Acids as Asymmetric Catalysts

2004 · Sandra Pizzarello, Arthur L. Weber · Science · 388

A Reappraisal of The Habitability of Planets around M Dwarf Stars

2007 · Jill C. Tarter, Peter R. Backus, et al. · Astrobiology · 341

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Reasons for the occurrence of the twenty coded protein amino acids

1981 · Arthur L. Weber, Stanley L. Miller · Journal of Molecular Evolution · 261

Bioenergetics and Life's Origins

2010 · D. Deamer, A. L. Weber · Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology · 171

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The peptide-catalyzed stereospecific synthesis of tetroses: A possible model for prebiotic molecular evolution

2006 · Arthur L. Weber, Sandra Pizzarello · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 129

The Sugar Model: Catalysis by Amines and Amino Acid Products

2001 · Arthur L. Weber · Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres · 128

Prebiotic Amino Acid Thioester Synthesis: Thiol-Dependent Amino Acid Synthesis from Formose Substrates (Formaldehyde and Glycolaldehyde) and Ammonia

1998 · Arthur L. Weber · Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres · 81

Stereoselective Syntheses of Pentose Sugars Under Realistic Prebiotic Conditions

2009 · Sandra Pizzarello, Arthur L. Weber · Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres · 64

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Formation of pyrophosphate, tripolyphosphate, and phosphorylimidazole with the thioester, N, S-diacetylcysteamine, as the condensing agent

1981 · Arthur L. Weber · Journal of Molecular Evolution · 61

Prebiotic sugar synthesis: Hexose and hydroxy acid synthesis from glyceraldehyde catalyzed by iron(III) hydroxide oxide

1992 · Arthur L. Weber · Journal of Molecular Evolution · 56

Formation of pyrophosphate on hydroxyapatite with thioesters as condensing agents

1982 · Arthur L. Weber · Biosystems · 54

Chemical Constraints Governing the Origin of Metabolism: The Thermodynamic Landscape of Carbon Group Transformations under Mild Aqueous Conditions

2002 · Arthur L. Weber · Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres · 49

The formation of peptides from the 2′(3′)-glycyl ester of a nucleotide

1978 · Arthur L. Weber, Leslie E. Orgel · Journal of Molecular Evolution · 47

The Sugar Model: Autocatalytic Activity of the Triose–Ammonia Reaction

2007 · Arthur L. Weber · Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres · 45

The triose model: Glyceraldehyde as a source of energy and monomers for prebiotic condensation reactions

1987 · Arthur L. Weber · Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres · 43

Poly(U)-directed peptide-bond formation from the 2′(3′)-glycyl esters of adenosine derivatives

1980 · Arthur L. Weber, Leslie E. Orgel · Journal of Molecular Evolution · 40

The formation of dipeptides from amino acids and the 2′(3′)-glycyl ester of an adenylate

1979 · Arthur L. Weber, Leslie E. Orgel · Journal of Molecular Evolution · 39

The formation of peptides from glycine thioesters

1979 · Arthur L. Weber, Leslie E. Orgel · Journal of Molecular Evolution · 38

Simultaneous peptide and oligonucleotide formation in mixtures of amino acid, nucleoside triphosphate, imidazole, and magnesium ion

1977 · A.L. Weber, J.M. Caroon, et al. · Biosystems · 38

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Aminoacyl transfer from an adenylate anhydride to polyribonucleotides

1975 · Arthur L. Weber, James C. Lacey · Journal of Molecular Evolution · 38

Nonenzymatic formation of “energy-rich” lactoyl and glyceroyl thioesters from glyceraldehyde and a thiol

1984 · Arthur L. Weber · Journal of Molecular Evolution · 37

Sugars as the Optimal Biosynthetic Carbon Substrate of Aqueous Life Throughout the Universe

2000 · Arthur L. Weber · Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres · 36

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Prebiotic formation of ‘energy-rich’ thioesters from glyceraldehyde and N-acetylcysteine

1984 · Arthur L. Weber · Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres · 36

A model for the coevolution of the genetic code and the process of protein synthesis: Review and assessment

1975 · James C. Lacey, Arthur L. Weber, et al. · Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres · 33

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Thermal synthesis and hydrolysis of polyglyceric acid

1989 · Arthur L. Weber · Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres · 30

Works count: 81

Citation count: 2,694

H-index: 27

I10-index: 44