Current ideas about prebiological compartmentalization

Life

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 1239-1263

  Monnard, Pierre Alain ^a   Walde, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Amphiphiles; Coacervates; Compartment; Fatty acids; Lipids; Origin of life; Protocell; Vesicles

Indexed keywords

EID: 84927726169     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20751729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/life5021239     Document Type: Review

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