Jeewanu, or the 'particles of life' : the approach of Krishna Bahadur in 20th century origin of life research

Journal of Biosciences

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 563-570

  Grote, Mathias ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coacervates; history of cell biology; history of origin of life research; Jeewanu; Krishna Bahadur

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; CELL ORGANELLE; LIFE HISTORY; RESEARCH; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

AYURVEDA; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOGENESIS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; INDIA; INFORMATION PROCESSING; JEEWANU; LIFE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PAPER CHROMATOGRAPHY; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; SCIENTIST; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

ARTIFICIAL CELLS; BIOGENESIS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; LIFE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PARTICLE SIZE; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

EID: 80054987399     PISSN: 02505991     EISSN: 09737138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12038-011-9087-0     Document Type: Review

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