Nonreplicating protocells

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2125-2130

  Del Bianco, Cristina ^a   Mansy, Sheref S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL CELL; ASTRONOMY; BIOGENESIS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ENVIRONMENT; METABOLISM;

ARTIFICIAL CELLS; BIOGENESIS; EARTH (PLANET); ENVIRONMENT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84871273702     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: 15204898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ar300097w     Document Type: Article

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