Freeze-thaw cycles induce content exchange between cell-sized lipid vesicles

Freeze-thaw cycles induce content exchange between cell-sized lipid vesicles

Early protocells are commonly assumed to consist of an amphiphilic membrane enclosing an RNA-based self-replicating genetic system and a primitive metabolism without protein enzymes. Thus, protocell evolution must have relied on simple physicochemical self-organization processes within and across su...

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Main Authors: Thomas Litschel, Kristina A Ganzinger, Torgeir Movinkel, Michael Heymann, Tom Robinson, Hannes Mutschler, Petra Schwille
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2018-01-01
Series:New Journal of Physics
Subjects:
freeze-thaw
origin of life
protocells
giant unilamellar vesicles
liposomes
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/aabb96

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