Towards a definition of life

Perspectives in Biology and Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 330-340

  Macklem, Peter T ^a   Seely, Andrew ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; ENTROPY; HUMAN; LIFE; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA; THERMODYNAMICS;

CELL CYCLE; CELLULAR STRUCTURES; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; ENTROPY; HUMANS; LIFE; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA; THERMODYNAMICS;

ANIMALIA; FUNGI;

EID: 77955948442     PISSN: 00315982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/pbm.0.0167     Document Type: Article

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