1. Random walking

   • Emile Zuckerkandl

   BriefCommunication Pages: 161 - 162

2. Template-catalyzed oligomerization with an atactic glycerol-based polynucleotide analog

   • J. Visscher
   • Alan W. Schwartz

   OriginalPaper Pages: 163 - 166

3. Prebiotic synthesis of histidine

   • C. Shen
   • L. Yang
   • J. Oró

   OriginalPaper Pages: 167 - 174

4. Prebiotic synthesis of histidyl-histidine

   • C. Shen
   • T. Mills
   • J. Oró

   OriginalPaper Pages: 175 - 179

5. Synthesis of polypeptides by microwave heating I. Formation of polypeptides during repeated hydration-dehydration cycles and their characterization

   • Hiroshi Yanagawa
   • Kiyotsugu Kojima
   • Nobuhiko Handa

   OriginalPaper Pages: 180 - 186

6. Synthesis of polypeptides by microwave heating II. Function of polypeptides synthesized during repeated hydration-dehydration cycles

   • Masahiko Ito
   • Nobuhiko Handa
   • Hiroshi Yanagawa

   OriginalPaper Pages: 187 - 194

7. Nucleotide sequence of nine protein-coding genes and 22 tRNAs in the mitochondrial DNA of the sea starPisaster ochraceus

   • Michael J. Smith
   • David K. Banfield
   • David J. Kowbel

   OriginalPaper Pages: 195 - 204

8. Compartmentalized isozyme genes and the origin of introns

   • Naoyuki Iwabe
   • Kei-ichi Kuma
   • Takashi Miyata

   OriginalPaper Pages: 205 - 210

9. A human metallothionein pseudogene containing AG/CT repetitive elements

   • Janis M. Walker
   • Lashitew Gedamu

   OriginalPaper Pages: 211 - 220

10. Functional analysis of the 3′-terminal part of the Balbiani ring 2.2 gene by interspecies sequence comparison

    • Francisco J. Silva
    • Luisa M. Botella
    • Jan-Erik Edström

    OriginalPaper Pages: 221 - 227

11. Evolutionary relationships and implications for the regulation of phospholipase A₂ from snake venom to human secreted forms

    • Florence F. Davidson
    • Edward A. Dennis

    OriginalPaper Pages: 228 - 238

12. Complementary hydropathy and the evolution of interacting polypeptides

    • Ricardo Renzo Brentani

    OriginalPaper Pages: 239 - 243

13. Ribonucleic acids may be catalysts for the preferential synthesis ofl-amino acid peptides: A minireview

    • James C. Lacey Jr.
    • Mark P. Staves
    • Ralph D. Thomas

    Focus Pages: 244 - 248