Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons as Plausible Prebiotic Membrane Components

Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 295-306

  Groen, Joost ^a   Deamer, David W ^b   Kros, Alexander ^a   Ehrenfreund, Pascale ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Membrane permeability; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Primitive membranes

Indexed keywords

9 ANTHROIC ACID; 9-ANTHROIC ACID; ANTHRACENE DERIVATIVE; DECANOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; SUCROSE;

CARBOXYLIC ACID; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FATTY ACID; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MEMBRANE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PAH; PERMEABILITY; SOLAR SYSTEM; SOLUTE; SPECTROSCOPY; STABILIZATION;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; CONDUCTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; LIPID BILAYER; METHODOLOGY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PARTICLE SIZE; PERMEABILITY; SPECTROSCOPY;

ANTHRACENES; CONDUCTOMETRY; DECANOIC ACIDS; LIPID BILAYERS; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PARTICLE SIZE; PERMEABILITY; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SUCROSE;

INSECTIVORA;

EID: 84865407665     PISSN: 01696149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11084-012-9292-3     Document Type: Article

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