Towards synthetic cells using peptide-based reaction compartments
Lipid-based membranes coupled to biochemical reaction networks can be difficult to implement in vitro. Here the authors use elastin-like peptides to create self-assembled vesicle structures containing transcription-translation systems for autonomous growth.
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Nature Portfolio
2018-09-01
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| Series: | Nature Communications |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06379-8 |