Spontaneous Encapsulation and Concentration of Biological Macromolecules in Liposomes: An Intriguing Phenomenon and Its Relevance in Origins of Life

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 79, Issue 5-6, 2014, Pages 179-192

  de Souza, Tereza Pereira ^a   Fahr, Alfred ^a   Luisi, Pier Luigi ^b   Stano, Pasquale ^b  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Concentration; Crowding; Encapsulation; Ferritin; Lipid vesicles (liposomes); Primitive cells

Indexed keywords

DNA; FERRITIN; LIPOSOME; PEPTIDE;

ARTIFICIAL CELL; BIOGENESIS; CELL ENGINEERING; CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; DRUG FORMULATION; EVOLUTION; KINETICS; METABOLISM; RIBOSOME; THERMODYNAMICS;

ARTIFICIAL CELLS; BIOGENESIS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CELL ENGINEERING; CELL MEMBRANE; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; DNA; DRUG COMPOUNDING; FERRITINS; KINETICS; LIPOSOMES; PEPTIDES; RIBOSOMES; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84914675214     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: 14321432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-014-9655-7     Document Type: Review

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