Suitable energetic conditions for dynamic chemical complexity and the living state

Journal of Systems Chemistry

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Pascal, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

Irreversibility; Kinetics; Metabolism; Origin of life; Systems chemistry

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872004941     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17592208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1759-2208-3-3     Document Type: Article

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