Mechanosensitive self-replication driven by self-organization

Science

Volumn 327, Issue 5972, 2010, Pages 1502-1506

  Carnall, Jacqui M A ^a   Waudby, Christopher A ^a,b   Belenguer, Ana M ^a   Stuart, Marc C A ^c,d   Peyralans, Jérôme J P ^d   Otto, Sijbren ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MACROCYCLIC COMPOUND; NANOMATERIAL; PEPTIDE;

NANOTECHNOLOGY; ORIGIN OF LIFE; PEPTIDE; SELF ORGANIZATION;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMBINATORIAL LIBRARY; DYNAMICS; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNTHESIS;

BIOGENESIS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; COMBINATORIAL CHEMISTRY TECHNIQUES; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EVOLUTION, CHEMICAL; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; LEUCINE; LYSINE; MACROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; MECHANICAL PHENOMENA; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; PEPTIDE LIBRARY; PEPTIDES; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 77949778537     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1182767     Document Type: Article

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