Predatory behaviour in synthetic protocell communities

Nature Chemistry

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 110-119

  Qiao, Yan ^a   Li, Mei ^a   Booth, Richard ^a   Mann, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; DEXTRAN; FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE; POLYMER; PROTEIN; SINGLE STRANDED DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTIFICIAL CELL; BOVINE; CHEMISTRY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; METABOLISM; MICROCAPSULE; STATIC ELECTRICITY;

ANIMALS; ARTIFICIAL CELLS; CAPSULES; CATTLE; DEXTRANS; DNA, SINGLE-STRANDED; FLUORESCEIN-5-ISOTHIOCYANATE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; POLYMERS; PROTEINS; SERUM ALBUMIN, BOVINE; STATIC ELECTRICITY;

EID: 85015226429     PISSN: 17554330     EISSN: 17554349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/NCHEM.2617     Document Type: Article

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