Self-organization at the origin of life

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 252, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 411-418

  Cornish Bowden, Athel ^a   Cárdenas, María Luz ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

(M, R) systems; Metabolic closure; Metabolism repair systems; Robert Rosen

Indexed keywords

METABOLISM; ORIGIN OF LIFE; SELF ORGANIZATION; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; ENERGY RESOURCE; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; METABOLIC REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BIOGENESIS; METABOLISM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

EID: 43449110429     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2007.07.035     Document Type: Article

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