Publications


Nucleolar origins: challenging perspectives on evolution and function


I. Muñoz-Velasco, Ana Karen Herrera-Escamilla, A. Vázquez-Salazar

Open Biology, 2025


Evolutionary Routes to Modern Metabolic Pathways


A. Vázquez-Salazar, I. Muñoz-Velasco

Macromol, 2025


Protocells by spontaneous reaction of cysteine with short-chain thioesters.


Christy J Cho, Taeyang An, Yei-Chen Lai, A. Vázquez-Salazar, Alessandro Fracassi, Roberto J Brea, I. Chen, Neal K Devaraj

Nature Chemistry, 2024


Chapter 1: The Astrobiology Primer 3.0.


Micah J Schaible, Nadia Szeinbaum, G. Bozdag, L. Chou, N. Grefenstette, Stephanie Colón-Santos, Laura E Rodriguez, M. J. Styczinski, Jennifer L Thweatt, Zoe R Todd, A. Vázquez-Salazar, Alyssa Adams, M. N. Araújo, Thiago Altair, Schuyler Borges, Dana Burton, J. A. Campillo-Balderas, E. Cangi, Tristan Caro, Enrico Catalano, Kimberly Chen, Peter L. Conlin, Z. S. Cooper, Theresa M Fisher, Santiago Mestre Fos, Amanda Garcia, D. M. Glaser, C. E. Harman, Ninos Y Hermis, M. Hooks, K. Johnson-Finn, O. Lehmer, Ricardo Hernández-Morales, K. Hughson, Rodrigo Jácome, Tony Z Jia, Jeffrey J. Marlow, J. McKaig, V. Mierzejewski, I. Muñoz-Velasco, Ceren Nural, Gina C Oliver, Petar I. Penev, C. Raj, Tyler P Roche, M. Sabuda, George A. Schaible, Serhat Sevgen, Pritvik Sinhadc, Luke H Steller, Kamil Stelmach, J. Tarnas, Frank Tavares, G. Trubl, Monica Vidaurri, Lena Vincent, J. Weber, Maggie Meiqi Weng, Regina L Wilpiszeki, Amber Young

Astrobiology, 2024


Pioneering role of RNA in the early evolution of life


I. Muñoz-Velasco, A. Cruz-González, Ricardo Hernández-Morales, J. A. Campillo-Balderas, W. Cottom-Salas, Rodrigo Jácome, A. Vázquez-Salazar

Genetics and Molecular Biology, 2024


Prebiotic chiral transfer from self-aminoacylating ribozymes may favor either handedness


Josh Kenchel, A. Vázquez-Salazar, Reno Wells, Krishna Brunton, Evan Janzen, Kyle M Schultz, Ziwei Liu, Weiwei Li, Eric T Parker, J. Dworkin, I. Chen

Nature Communications, 2024


Fitness Landscapes and Evolution of Catalytic RNA.


Ranajay Saha, A. Vázquez-Salazar, Aditya Nandy, I. Chen

Annual Review of Biophysics, 2024


Chapter 2: What Is Life?


Stephanie Colón-Santos, A. Vázquez-Salazar, Alyssa Adams, J. A. Campillo-Balderas, Ricardo Hernández-Morales, Rodrigo Jácome, I. Muñoz-Velasco, Laura E Rodriguez, Micah J Schaible, George A. Schaible, Nadia Szeinbaum, Jennifer L Thweatt, G. Trubl

Astrobiology, 2024


Emergent properties as by-products of prebiotic evolution of aminoacylation ribozymes


Evan Janzen, Yuning Shen, A. Vázquez-Salazar, Ziwei Liu, C. Blanco, Josh Kenchel, I. Chen

Nature Communications, 2022


Chapter 4 Structural biology of the SARS-CoV-2 replisome: evolutionary and therapeutic implications


R. Hernández-Morales, A. Becerra, J. A. Campillo-Balderas, W. Cottom-Salas, A. Cruz-González, R. Jácome, A. Lazcano, I. Muñoz-Velasco, A. Vázquez-Salazar

Biomedical Innovations to Combat COVID-19, 2022


In vitro evolution: From monsters to mobs


A. Vázquez-Salazar, I. Chen

Current Biology, 2022


Structural analysis of viral ExoN domains reveals polyphyletic hijacking events


A. Cruz-González, I. Muñoz-Velasco, W. Cottom-Salas, A. Becerra, J. A. Campillo-Balderas, Ricardo Hernández-Morales, A. Vázquez-Salazar, R. Jácome, A. Lazcano

bioRxiv, 2021


Two short low complexity regions (LCRs) are hallmark sequences of the Delta SARS-CoV-2 variant spike protein


A. Becerra, I. Muñoz-Velasco, Abelardo Aguilar-Cámara, W. Cottom-Salas, A. Cruz-González, A. Vázquez-Salazar, R. Hernández-Morales, R. Jácome, J. A. Campillo-Balderas, A. Lazcano

Scientific Reports, 2021


SARS-CoV-2 Exoribonuclease (NSP14) As a Potential Therapeutic Target to Treat COVID-19


A. Cruz-González, Abelardo Aguilar-Cámara, Claudia Alvarez-Carreño, A. Becerra, J. A. Campillo-Balderas, A. Cisneros-Martínez, Grisel Córdova-Villalba, W. Cottom-Salas, Coral Cruz-González, R. Hernández-Morales, Ingrid Miranda-Pérez, I. Muñoz-Velasco, Luis Alonso Quintero-Navarro, Mario Rivas, Noel Cabañas, Alma Carolina Sánchez-Rocha, A. Vázquez-Salazar, R. Jácome, A. Lazcano

2020


A Note on the Potential Clinical Use of Sofosbuvir to Treat COVID-19: The Importance of Protease Inhibitors


R. Hernández-Morales, Adrián Aguilar-Cámara Abelardo Cruz-González, Claudia Ãlvarez-Carreño, A. Becerra, José Alberto Cisneros-Martínez Alejandro Campillo-Balderas, Grisel Córdova-Villalba, W. Cottom-Salas, Coral Cruz-González, R. Jácome, Ingrid Miranda-Pérez, Israel Muñoz-Velasco, Luis Alonso Quintero-Navarro, Mario Rivas, Noel Cabañas, Alma Carolina Sánchez-Rocha, A. Vázquez-Salazar, Samuel Ponce de León, A. Lazcano

2020


Early Life: Embracing the RNA World


A. Vázquez-Salazar, A. Lazcano

Current Biology, 2018


Can an Imidazole Be Formed from an Alanyl-Seryl-Glycine Tripeptide under Possible Prebiotic Conditions?


A. Vázquez-Salazar, G. Tan, A. Stockton, R. Fani, A. Becerra, A. Lazcano

Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres, 2016


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