Vesicle-based artificial cells as chemical microreactors with spatially segregated reaction pathways

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Elani, Yuval ^a   Law, Robert V ^a   Ces, Oscar ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA HEMOLYSIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; ENZYME; LIPOSOME; SUCROSE;

BIOREACTOR; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GERM CELL; MEMBRANE; PROTEIN; REACTION KINETICS;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL CELL; BILAYER MEMBRANE; BIOREACTOR; CELL ENGINEERING; CELL VACUOLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; ENZYME ISOLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; DRUG EFFECTS; METABOLISM;

ARTIFICIAL CELLS; BIOREACTORS; ENZYMES; SUCROSE; UNILAMELLAR LIPOSOMES;

EID: 84924248952     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms6305     Document Type: Article

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