Protein-mediated selective enclosure of early replicators inside of membranous vesicles: First step towards cell membranes

Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 545-558

  Laiterä, Tiina ^a   Lehto, Kirsi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Amphiphiles; Defence against parasitic sequences; Fatty acids; Origin of life; Selective encapsulation; Vesicles

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; LIPOSOME; PROTEIN; RNA; SURFACTANT;

FATTY ACID; HERITABILITY; MEMBRANE; ORIGIN OF LIFE; PARASITISM; PROTEIN; VIRUS;

ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; MEMBRANE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; RETROVIRUS; VIRUS REPLICATION;

BIOGENESIS; CELL COMPARTMENTATION; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FATTY ACIDS; MEMBRANES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROTEINS; RETROVIRIDAE; RNA; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS; UNILAMELLAR LIPOSOMES; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 77949773172     PISSN: 01696149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11084-009-9171-8     Document Type: Article

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