Mineral surface directed membrane assembly

Origins of Life and Evolution of the Biosphere

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 67-82

  Hanczyc, Martin M ^a,b   Mansy, Sheref S ^a   Szostak, Jack W ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR LIVING TECHNOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amphiphile; Fatty acid; Micelle; Mineral; Montmorillonite; Pyrite; RNA; Vesicle

Indexed keywords

BIOPOLYMER;

EARLY EARTH; FATTY ACID; MEMBRANE; MINERAL; MONTMORILLONITE; ORIGIN OF LIFE; PYRITE; RNA;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY;

BIOPOLYMERS; CATALYSIS; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 33846781727     PISSN: 01696149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11084-006-9018-5     Document Type: Article

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