Sustainable proliferation of liposomes compatible with inner RNA replication

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 590-595

  Tsuji, Gakushi ^a   Fujii, Satoshi ^a,b   Sunami, Takeshi ^a,b   Yomo, Tetsuya ^a,b  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Flow cytometry; Freeze thaw; Liposome fusion; Protocell

Indexed keywords

LIPOSOME; RNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; LIPID; RNA;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; EMULSION; FREEZE THAWING; LIPID MEMBRANE; LIPOSOME MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA REPLICATION; RNA TRANSLATION; CHEMISTRY; FREEZING; TEMPERATURE;

FREEZING; LIPIDS; LIPOSOMES; RNA; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84955278955     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1516893113     Document Type: Article

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