Self-assembly and function of primitive cell membranes

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 160, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 449-456

  Pohorille, Andrew ^a,b   Deamer, David ^c  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphiphile self assembly; Membrane permeability; Origin of ion channels; Origins of cellular life

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID DERIVATIVE; AMPHOPHILE; FATTY ACID DERIVATIVE; PHOSPHOLIPID DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BILAYER MEMBRANE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CELL MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; CELL METABOLISM; CYTOLOGY; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; EUKARYOTIC CELL; HYDROPHOBICITY; ION TRANSPORT; LIPID MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE BINDING; MEMBRANE BIOLOGY; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; EVOLUTION; ION TRANSPORT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR;

EID: 70349999961     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: 17697123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2009.06.004     Document Type: Article

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