Systems of creation: The emergence of life from nonliving matter

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2131-2141

  Mann, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; FATTY ACID; PHOSPHOLIPID;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL CELL; BIOGENESIS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; EVOLUTION; METABOLISM;

ARTIFICIAL CELLS; BIOGENESIS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; DNA; FATTY ACIDS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHOSPHOLIPIDS;

EID: 84870404943     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: 15204898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ar200281t     Document Type: Article

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