Nick Lane

Summary

Affiliation: University College London
Country: UK

Publications

  1. ncbi The origin of membrane bioenergetics
    Nick Lane
    Research Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, University College London, Darwin Building, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK
    Cell 151:1406-16. 2012
  2. ncbi The problem with mixing mitochondria
    Nick Lane
    Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK Electronic address
    Cell 151:246-8. 2012
  3. ncbi The energetics of genome complexity
    Nick Lane
    Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, University College London, Gower Street, London W1E 6BT, UK
    Nature 467:929-34. 2010
  4. ncbi Energetics and genetics across the prokaryote-eukaryote divide
    Nick Lane
    Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, University College London, London, UK
    Biol Direct 6:35. 2011
  5. ncbi Mitonuclear match: optimizing fitness and fertility over generations drives ageing within generations
    Nick Lane
    Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, University College London, London, UK
    Bioessays 33:860-9. 2011
  6. ncbi A unifying view of ageing and disease: the double-agent theory
    Nick Lane
    Department of Surgery, Royal Free and University College Medical School, Pond Street, NW3 2QG London, UK
    J Theor Biol 225:531-40. 2003
  7. ncbi Selection for mitonuclear co-adaptation could favour the evolution of two sexes
    Zena Hadjivasiliou
    CoMPLEX, University College London, Gower Street, London W1E 6BT, UK
    Proc Biol Sci 279:1865-72. 2012
  8. ncbi How did LUCA make a living? Chemiosmosis in the origin of life
    Nick Lane
    Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, University College London, London, UK
    Bioessays 32:271-80. 2010

Detail Information

Publications8

  1. ncbi The origin of membrane bioenergetics
    Nick Lane
    Research Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, University College London, Darwin Building, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK
    Cell 151:1406-16. 2012
    ..Our hypothesis accounts for the Na(+)/H(+) promiscuity of bioenergetic proteins, as well as the deep divergence between bacteria and archaea...
  2. ncbi The problem with mixing mitochondria
    Nick Lane
    Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK Electronic address
    Cell 151:246-8. 2012
    ..show that heteroplasmy has surprising genetic and behavioral effects in mice, even when each haplotype alone produces a normal phenotype. This interference is bioenergetic and may have contributed to the evolution of sexes...
  3. ncbi The energetics of genome complexity
    Nick Lane
    Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, University College London, Gower Street, London W1E 6BT, UK
    Nature 467:929-34. 2010
    ..This vast leap in genomic capacity was strictly dependent on mitochondrial power, and prerequisite to eukaryote complexity: the key innovation en route to multicellular life...
  4. ncbi Energetics and genetics across the prokaryote-eukaryote divide
    Nick Lane
    Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, University College London, London, UK
    Biol Direct 6:35. 2011
    ..Here I argue that the eukaryotic cell originated in a unique prokaryotic endosymbiosis, a singular event that transformed the selection pressures acting on both host and endosymbiont...
  5. ncbi Mitonuclear match: optimizing fitness and fertility over generations drives ageing within generations
    Nick Lane
    Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, University College London, London, UK
    Bioessays 33:860-9. 2011
    ..This coherent view of eukaryotic energetics offers striking insights into infertility and age-related diseases...
  6. ncbi A unifying view of ageing and disease: the double-agent theory
    Nick Lane
    Department of Surgery, Royal Free and University College Medical School, Pond Street, NW3 2QG London, UK
    J Theor Biol 225:531-40. 2003
    ..Gene therapies for age-related diseases are unlikely to succeed unless oxidative stress can be controlled physiologically, thereby altering the activity and function of potentially hundreds of genes...
  7. ncbi Selection for mitonuclear co-adaptation could favour the evolution of two sexes
    Zena Hadjivasiliou
    CoMPLEX, University College London, Gower Street, London W1E 6BT, UK
    Proc Biol Sci 279:1865-72. 2012
    ..We conclude that, under a wide range of conditions, selection for mitonuclear co-adaptation favours the evolution of two distinct mating types or sexes in sexual species...
  8. ncbi How did LUCA make a living? Chemiosmosis in the origin of life
    Nick Lane
    Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, University College London, London, UK
    Bioessays 32:271-80. 2010
    ..Synthesis of ATP by chemiosmosis today involves generation of an ion gradient by means of vectorial electron transfer from a donor to an acceptor. We argue that the first donor was hydrogen and the first acceptor CO2...