Protocells: At the Interface of Life and Non-Life

The cellular form, manifesting as a membrane-bounded system (comprising various functional molecules), is essential to life. The ultimate reason for this is that, typically, one functional molecule can only adopt one “correct” structure to perform one special function (e.g., an enzyme), and thus mol...

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Main Authors: Wentao Ma, Yu Feng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2015-02-01
Series:Life
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2075-1729/5/1/447