Nutrient uptake by protocells: A liposome model system

Origins of Life and Evolution of the Biosphere

Volumn 31, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 147-155

  Monnard, Pierre Alain ^a   Deamer, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Liposome; Membrane; Nucleotide triphosphates; Passive diffusion; Protocell

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; LIPOSOME;

EARLY EARTH; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; ORIGIN OF LIFE;

ASTRONOMY; BIOGENESIS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIFFUSION; LIPID BILAYER; LIPID METABOLISM; METABOLISM; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BIOGENESIS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL PHYSIOLOGY; DIFFUSION; EVOLUTION, CHEMICAL; LIPID BILAYERS; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPOSOMES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0035107292     PISSN: 01696149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006769503968     Document Type: Conference Paper

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