Minimal autocatalytic networks

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 332, Issue , 2013, Pages 96-107

  Steel, Mike ^a   Hordijk, Wim ^b   Smith, Joshua ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b SmartAnalytiXcom   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Catalytic reaction system; Origin of life; Random autocatalytic network

Indexed keywords

POLYMER;

CATALYSIS; NETWORK ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLYMER; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL ORGANIZATION THEORY; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; CHEMICAL REACTION; IRREDUCIBLE REFLEXIVELY AUTOCATALYTIC AND F GENERATED NETWORK; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEXIVELY AUTOCATALYTIC AND F GENERATED NETWORK THEORY; SIMULATION; THEORY;

CATALYTIC REACTION SYSTEM; ORIGIN OF LIFE; RANDOM AUTOCATALYTIC NETWORK;

CATALYSIS; MODELS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84878183277     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2013.04.032     Document Type: Article

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