The Origin and Evolution of the Cell

Proceedings of a conference on the origin and evolution of prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells.

Bioenergetics of the last common ancestor and the origin of the eukaryotic endomembrane system, J.P. Gogarten; origin and evolution of eukaryotes, M. Hasegawa; emerging structural characteristic of a diverse collection of 16S (and 16S-like) and 23S (and 23S-like) ribosomal RNAs, R. Gutell; ribosomal protein structure - a probe into the evolution of the cell, A.T. Matheson; module structure of prokaryotic and eukaryotic proteins, M. Goh; fragmented ribosomal RNAs - functional and evolutionary significance, M.W. Gray; cellular evolution leading to generation of eukaryotic cell, H. Nakamura; a chimeric model for the invention of eukaryotes, M.L. Sogin; the nature of the common ancestor of archaea, bacteria and eucarya and the origin of eucarya, W. Zillig; cellular and molecular evolution of intracellular symbiont, H. Ishikawa; the diversity of the protists - description and cause, D. Patterson; evolutionary relationships between eubacteria, archaebacteria and eukaryotes - are eukaryotes evolved from archaebacteria?, T. Oshima; evolutionary consequences of the ancient sulfide biome, D.G. Searcy; continuous culture as a model of evolving systems and its application to evolutionary molecular engineering, Y. Hushimi; symmetry breaking of molecules and the origin of life, S. Yuasa; the origin and organization of possible protocellular structures, H. Yanagawa.