(M, R) Systems and RAF Sets - Common Ideas, Tools and Projections. - Juan-Carlos Letelier; Sebastián Jaramillo; Ricardo Honorato-Zimmer; Ulises Pereira; Diego Contreras; Bryan Reynaert; Valentina C. Hernandez; Jorge Soto Andrade; María Luz Cárdenas; Athel Cornish-Bowden (ALIFE, 2010)

A Simple Self-Maintaining Metabolic System: Robustness, Autocatalysis, Bistability. - Gabriel Piedrafita; Francisco Montero 002; Federico Morán; María Luz Cárdenas; Athel Cornish-Bowden (PLoS Comput. Biol., 2010)

Contrasting theories of life: Historical context, current theories. In search of an ideal theory. - Athel Cornish-Bowden; María Luz Cárdenas (Biosyst., 2020)

The essence of life revisited: how theories can shed light on it. - Athel Cornish-Bowden; María Luz Cárdenas (Theory Biosci., 2022)

Evolution of Henrik Kacser's thought: Early publications on the organization of the whole system. - Athel Cornish-Bowden; María Luz Cárdenas (Biosyst., 2023)