Development of an artificial cell, from self-organization to computation and self-reproduction

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 3473-3480

  Noireaux, Vincent ^a   Maeda, Yusuke T ^b   Libchaber, Albert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; LIPOSOME; PHOSPHOLIPID;

ARTIFICIAL CELL; BACTERIUM; CELL; CELL DIVISION; CELL ENCAPSULATION; CELL METABOLISM; CYTOARCHITECTURE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PHOSPHOLIPID MEMBRANE; PHOSPHOLIPID VESICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SYNTHESIS;

ARTIFICIAL CELLS; CELL DIVISION; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; CYTOPLASMIC VESICLES; PHOSPHOLIPIDS;

EID: 79952775158     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1017075108     Document Type: Review

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