Synthetic turing protocells: Vesicle self-reproduction through symmetry-breaking instabilities

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 362, Issue 1486, 2007, Pages 1821-1829

  Macía, Javier ^a   Solé, Ricard V ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^b SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell cycle; Cell membrane; Cells; Metabolism; Synthetic biology; Turing patterns

Indexed keywords

GROWTH RATE; METABOLISM; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 35148861119     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2007.2074     Document Type: Article

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