Minimal cells: Relevance and interplay of physical and biochemical factors

Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 850-859

  Stano, Pasquale ^a  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Liposomes; Microcompartments; Nanobiotechnology; Synthetic Biology; Synthetic cells

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGICAL TOOLS; LIPID MEMBRANES; LIPID VESICLES; MICRO-COMPARTMENTS; ORIGIN OF LIFE; PHYSICAL ASPECTS; PHYSICAL FACTORS; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; SYNTHETIC CELLS; TECHNICAL ADVANCES;

BIOSYNTHESIS; LIPOSOMES; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PHOSPHOLIPIDS;

CELLS;

1 PALMITOYL 2 OLEOYL SN GLYCERO 3 PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE; 1 PALMITOYL 2 OLEOYL SN GLYCERO 3 PHOSPHATIDYLGLYCEROL; ALPHA HEMOLYSIN; AMPHOPHILE; DNA; FERRITIN; GLYCEROL 3 PHOSPHATE ACYLTRANSFERASE; LIPOSOME; MESSENGER RNA; PALMITOYL COENZYME A; RNA; SHORT CHAIN FATTY ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTIFICIAL CELL; CATALYSIS; CELL CYCLE; CELL ENCAPSULATION; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL POPULATION; CELL SIZE; CELL STRUCTURE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRAND; GENE TARGETING; GENOME; LIPID COMPOSITION; LIPID MEMBRANE; LIPOGENESIS; MACROMOLECULE; MICROFLUIDICS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID SYNTHESIS; PH; PHOSPHOLIPID MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; RNA SYNTHESIS; SOLUTE; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

ARTIFICIAL CELLS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; LIPOSOMES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

EID: 79959997111     PISSN: 18606768     EISSN: 18607314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/biot.201100079     Document Type: Review

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