Polymersomes Containing Iron Sulfide (FeS) as Primordial Cell Model

Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 103-119

  Alpermann, Theodor ^a   Rüdel, Kristin ^a   Rüger, Ronny ^a   Steiniger, Frank ^b   Nietzsche, Sandor ^b   Filiz, Volkan ^c   Förster, Stephan ^c   Fahr, Alfred ^a   Weigand, Wolfgang ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

block copolymer; Chemoautotrophy; Iron sulfide; Iron Sulfur World; Origin of Life; Vesicles

Indexed keywords

FERROUS ION; FERROUS SULFIDE; POLYMER;

BLACK SMOKER; CHEMOAUTOTROPHY; COMPARTMENTALIZATION; ENERGY FLUX; IRON SULFIDE; NUMERICAL MODEL; ORIGIN OF LIFE; POLYMER; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; CHEMISTRY; CHEMOAUTOTROPHY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION;

BIOGENESIS; CHEMOAUTOTROPHIC GROWTH; FERROUS COMPOUNDS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; POLYMERS;

EID: 79952575826     PISSN: 01696149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11084-010-9223-0     Document Type: Article

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