James P. Ferris

Research.com Recognitions

• 1989 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Best Publications

• Synthesis of long prebiotic oligomers on mineral surfaces

  James P. Ferris;Aubrey R. Hill;Rihe Liu;Leslie E. Orgel

  1110
  Citations

• HCN and chemical evolution: The possible role of cyano compounds in prebiotic synthesis

  James P. Ferris;William J. Hagan

  454
  Citations

• HCN: A plausible source of purines, pyrimidines and amino acids on the primitive earth

  J. P. Ferris;P. C. Joshi;E. H. Edelson;J. G. Lawless

  372
  Citations

• Oligomerization of ribonucleotides on montmorillonite: reaction of the 5'-phosphorimidazolide of adenosine.

  James P. Ferris;Gözen Ertem

  335
  Citations

• Studies in prebiotic synthesis. 3. Synthesis of pyrimidines from cyanoacetylene and cyanate.

  James P. Ferris;Robert A. Sanchez;Leslie E. Orgel

  326
  Citations

• Montmorillonite-catalysed formation of RNA oligomers: the possible role of catalysis in the origins of life

  James P Ferris

  313
  Citations

• Mineral Catalysis and Prebiotic Synthesis: Montmorillonite-Catalyzed Formation of RNA

  James P. Ferris

  276
  Citations

• Comet Halley as an aggregate of interstellar dust and further evidence for the photochemical formation of organics in the interstellar medium

  R. Briggs;G. Ertem;J. P. Ferris;J. M. Greenberg

  276
  Citations

• Montmorillonite catalysis of RNA oligomer formation in aqueous solution. A model for the prebiotic formation of RNA.

  James P. Ferris;Gozen Ertem

  275
  Citations

• Conditions for purine synthesis: did prebiotic synthesis occur at low temperatures?

  R. Sanchez;J. Ferris;L. E. Orgel

  264
  Citations

• Montmorillonite catalysis of 30-50 mer oligonucleotides: laboratory demonstration of potential steps in the origin of the RNA world.

  James P. Ferris

  239
  Citations

• Cations as mediators of the adsorption of nucleic acids on clay surfaces in prebiotic environments.

  Marco Franchi;James P. Ferris;Enzo Gallori

  231
  Citations

• Synthesis of RNA oligomers on heterogeneous templates

  Gözen Ertem;James P. Ferris

  221
  Citations

• One-Step, Regioselective Synthesis of up to 50-mers of RNA Oligomers by Montmorillonite Catalysis

  Wenhua Huang;James P. Ferris

  220
  Citations

• An Unusual Photochemical Rearrangement in the Synthesis of Adenine from Hydrogen Cyanide1

  James P. Ferris;L. E. Orgel

  206
  Citations

• Photochemical reactions in interstellar grains photolysis of CO, NH3, and H2O.

  V. K. Agarwal;W. Schutte;J. M. Greenberg;J. P. Ferris

  185
  Citations

• The earth's crust

  Ronald A. Bailey;Herbert M. Clark;James P. Ferris;Sonja Krause

  179
  Citations

• Kinetic and Mechanistic Analysis of Dinucleotide and Oligonucleotide Formation from the 5'-Phosphorimidazolide of Adenosine on Na+-Montmorillonite

  Kunio Kawamura;James P. Ferris

  157
  Citations

• Studies on prebiotic synthesis. I. Aminomalononitrile and 4-amino-5-cyanoimidazole.

  James P. Ferris;L. E. Orgel

  148
  Citations

• Synthesis of 35-40 mers of RNA oligomers from unblocked monomers. A simple approach to the RNA world.

  Wenhua Huang;James P. Ferris

  147
  Citations

• Monooxygenase activity in Cunninghamella bainieri: Evidence for a fungal system similar to liver microsomes

  J.P. Ferris;M.J. Fasco;F.L. Stylianopoulou;D.M. Jerina

  146
  Citations