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A Fusion–Growth Protocell Model Based on Vesicle Interactions with Pyrite Particles
MoleculesProtocell models play a pivotal role in the exploration of the origin of life. Vesicles are one type of protocell model that have attracted much attention.
Jichao Sun, Wanguo Hou, Na Du
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The evolutionary dynamics of metabolic protocells. [PDF]
PLoS Computational Biology, 2018 Protocell multilevel selection models have been proposed to study the evolutionary dynamics of vesicles encapsulating a set of replicating, competing and mutating sequences.
Ximo Pechuan +2 more
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Protocell formation on micrometeorites [PDF]
Scientific ReportsWe report on the formation of membranous protocells by self-assembly of lipids on micrometeorites, the extraterrestrial particles that have been continuously reaching the surface of the Earth ever since its formation.
Aldo Jesorka +5 more
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Enzymatically reconfigurable liquid crystalline coacervate microdroplets as protocell models [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsReconfigurable cell-sized compartments can act as artificial cellular models that dynamically respond to environmental stimuli, mimicking the adaptive behaviors of living cells.
Liyan Jia, Chengcheng Zhou, Yan Qiao
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Recent advances in coacervate protocells from passive catalysts to chemically programmable systems [PDF]
Communications ChemistryThis review highlights a clear change in focus in the study of coacervate droplets as protocell models, moving from their role as passive microreactors that concentrate reactants to their function as chemically programmable matter capable of information ...
Chong Chen, Jianwei Li
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Sustainable Growth and Synchronization in Protocell Models
Life, 2019 The growth of a population of protocells requires that the two key processes of replication of the protogenetic material and reproduction of the whole protocell take place at the same rate.
Roberto Serra, Marco Villani
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Programmable Spatial Demixing in Prebiotic Coacervates [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsStratified vertical positioning of protocells offers evolutionary opportunities in paleo-oceans yet remains challenging achieve under prebiotic resource scarcity.
Zhichen Xiong +4 more
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Sugar‐sensing swodkoreceptors and swodkocrine signaling [PDF]
Animal Models and Experimental MedicineSugars are one of the major metabolites and are essential for nucleic acid synthesis and energy production. In addition, sugars can act as signaling molecules.
Savani Anbalagan
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Multistable Protocells Can Aid the Evolution of Prebiotic Autocatalytic Sets
Life, 2023 We present a simple mathematical model that captures the evolutionary capabilities of a prebiotic compartment or protocell. In the model, the protocell contains an autocatalytic set whose chemical dynamics is coupled to the growth–division dynamics of ...
Angad Yuvraj Singh, Sanjay Jain
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An inorganic mineral-based protocell with prebiotic radiation fitness
Nature Communications, 2023 Protocell fitness under extreme prebiotic conditions is critical in understanding the origin of life. However, little is known about protocell’s survival and fitness under prebiotic radiations.
Shang Dai +16 more
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