Composing life

EMBO Reports

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 217-222

  Segré, Daniel ^a   Lancet, Doron ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; PROTEIN; RNA; SURFACTANT;

BIOGENESIS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CATALYSIS; CELL DIVISION; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; GENOME; LIPID METABOLISM; METABOLISM; REVIEW;

BIOGENESIS; CATALYSIS; CELL DIVISION; DNA; EVOLUTION; GENOME; LIPID METABOLISM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROTEINS; RNA; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS;

EID: 0034280783     PISSN: 1469221X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/embo-reports/kvd063     Document Type: Article

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