Physical effects underlying the transition from primitive to modern cell membranes

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

Volumn 108, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 5249-5254

  Budin, Itay ^a   Szostak, Jack W ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Coevolution; Origin of life; Ribozymes

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; OLEIC ACID; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PHOSPHOLIPID;

CELL MEMBRANE; CONFERENCE PAPER; LIPID MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANE VESICLE; MICELLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 79955109405     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1100498108     Document Type: Article

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