The first cell membranes

Astrobiology

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 371-381

  Deamer, David ^a   Dworkin, Jason P ^b,c   Sandford, Scott A ^b   Bernstein, Max P ^b,c   Allamandola, Louis J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c SETI INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphiphiles; Membranes; Prebiotic; Self assembly

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; BIOGENESIS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGY; CELL; CELL MEMBRANE; EVOLUTION; MICROCLIMATE; REVIEW;

BIOGENESIS; CELL MEMBRANE; CELLS; EARTH (PLANET); EVOLUTION; EXOBIOLOGY; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0042243592     PISSN: 15311074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/153110702762470482     Document Type: Review

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