Question 7: New aspects of interactions among vesicles

Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres

Volumn 37, Issue 4-5, 2007, Pages 439-444

  Stano, Pasquale ^a  

^a MUSEO STORICO DELLA FISICA E CENTRO STUDI E RICERCHE ENRICO FERMI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Competition; Liposomes; Minimal cell; Selection; Self reproduction

Indexed keywords

CELL ORGANELLE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); REPRODUCTION; SELECTION; GENOTYPE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; LIPID;

LIPOSOME; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; TRANSFER RNA;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM;

LECITHINS; LIPOSOMES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RNA, TRANSFER;

EID: 34548049283     PISSN: 01696149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11084-007-9086-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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