Metabolism and motility in prebiotic structures

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 366, Issue 1580, 2011, Pages 2885-2893

  Hanczyc, Martin M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Chemotaxis; Hydrogen cyanide; Oil droplet; Origin of life

Indexed keywords

CHEMOTAXIS; CYANIDE; DROPLET; HYDROLYSIS; HYDROPHOBICITY; METABOLISM; OIL; ORIGIN OF LIFE; POLYMER;

EID: 80052957547     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2011.0141     Document Type: Article

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