Positive roles of compartmentalization in internal reactions

Current Opinion in Chemical Biology

Volumn 22, Issue , 2014, Pages 12-17

  Ichihashi, Norikazu ^a,b   Yomo, Tetsuya ^a,b  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC RNA; LIPOSOME; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS RNA;

ARTIFICIAL CELL; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL ENCAPSULATION; CELL ISOLATION; CHEMICAL REACTION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; REVIEW; RNA REPLICATION; VIRUS REPLICATION; ANIMAL; BIOCATALYSIS; BIOGENESIS; CYTOLOGY; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ARTIFICIAL CELLS; BIOCATALYSIS; BIOGENESIS; HUMANS; LIPOSOMES; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

EID: 84904248271     PISSN: 13675931     EISSN: 18790402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2014.06.011     Document Type: Review

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