The minimal cell and life's Origin: Role of water and aqueous interfaces

The Minimal Cell: The Biophysics of Cell Compartment and the Origin of Cell Functionality

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 105-121

  Pollack, Gerald H ^a   Figueroa, Xavier ^a   Zhao, Qing ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 84857584740     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-9944-0_7     Document Type: Chapter

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