Photochemically driven redox chemistry induces protocell membrane pearling and division

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

Volumn 109, Issue 25, 2012, Pages 9828-9832

  Zhu, Ting F ^a   Adamala, Katarzyna ^a   Zhang, Na ^a   Szostak, Jack W ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Origin of life; Vesicles

Indexed keywords

1 HYDROXYPYRENE; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; DISULFIDE; FATTY ACID; FLUORESCENT DYE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; THIOL;

ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CELL GROWTH; CELL METABOLISM; CELL STRUCTURE; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE TENSION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

CELL DIVISION; CELL MEMBRANE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OLEIC ACID; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHOTOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 84862550846     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1203212109     Document Type: Article

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