The major transitions of life from a network perspective

Frontiers in Physiology

Volumn 3 APR, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Suki, Béla ^a  

^a Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; Emergence; Eukaryotic cell; Genetic apparatus; Mechanotransduction; Origin of life; Phase transition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866325404     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664042X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2012.00094     Document Type: Article

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