Evolving lipid vesicles in prebiotic hydrothermal environments

Origins of Life and Evolution of the Biosphere

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 333-343

  Furuuchi, Ryo ^a   Imai, Ei Ichi ^a   Honda, Hajime ^a   Hatori, Kuniyuki ^a   Matsuno, Koichiro ^a  

^a NAGAOKA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Decanoic acid; Fatty acid; Lipid; Oleic acid; Phospholipid; Vesicles

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; DECANOIC ACID; DECANOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; DIPALMITOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; GLYCINE; LIPID; PEPTIDE; POLYMER;

FATTY ACID; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; LIPID; ORIGIN OF LIFE; PHOSPHOLIPID;

ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVOLUTION; KINETICS; MEMBRANE; TEMPERATURE;

1,2-DIPALMITOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; AMINO ACIDS; BIOGENESIS; DECANOIC ACIDS; EVOLUTION; GLYCINE; KINETICS; LIPIDS; MEMBRANES; PEPTIDES; POLYMERS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 26844506648     PISSN: 01696149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11084-005-2039-7     Document Type: Article

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