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Non-interfacial self-assembly of synthetic protocells
Biomaterials Research, 2023 Background Protocell refers to the basic unit of life and synthetic molecular assembly with cell structure and function. The protocells have great applications in the field of biomedical technology.
Xiaolin Xu +4 more
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Evolution of Proliferative Model Protocells Highly Responsive to the Environment
Life, 2022 In this review, we discuss various methods of reproducing life dynamics using a constructive approach. An increase in the structural complexity of a model protocell is accompanied by an increase in the stage of reproduction of a compartment (giant ...
Muneyuki Matsuo +3 more
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Engineering Polymersome Protocells [PDF]
The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2011 The field of biomimicry is embracing the construction of complex assemblies that imitate both biological structure and function. Advancements in the design of these mimetics have generated a growing vision for creating an artificial or proto- cell. Polymersomes are vesicles that can be made from synthetic, biological or hybrid polymers and can be used ...
Neha P, Kamat +2 more
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Did Solid Surfaces Enable the Origin of Life?
Life, 2021 In this perspective article, I discuss whether and how solid surfaces could have played a key role in the formation of membranous primitive cells on the early Earth.
İrep Gözen
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SYNCHRONIZATION PHENOMENA IN PROTOCELL MODELS [PDF]
BIOMAT 2007, 2008 This work aims to consider simplified models of protocells in order to describe their general behaviors. The advantage of the modelling approach is that the early protocells of life-forms on Earth are not reproduced in the present time. However, the problem is considered as a right track to understand the origin of life as well as to work with more ...
Alessandro Filisetti +4 more
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Advanced Science, 2021 As the preliminary synthetic analogs of living cells, protocells with life‐like features serve as a versatile platform to explore the origin of life.
Yanglimin Ji +3 more
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Thermally driven fission of protocells [PDF]
Biophysical Journal, 2021 We propose a simple mechanism for the self-replication of protocells. Our main hypothesis is that the amphiphilic molecules composing the membrane bilayer are synthesised inside the protocell through globally exothermic chemical reactions. The slow increase of the inner temperature forces the hottest molecules to move from the inner leaflet to the ...
Romain, Attal, Laurent, Schwartz
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Engineering coacervate droplets towards the building of multiplex biomimetic protocells
Supramolecular Materials, 2022 The origin of life on Earth remains one of the biggest open questions in science. Despite recent advances in molecular mechanism of cell biology, a large blind spot still exists between non-living matter and the emergence of life which cannot be filled ...
Hua Wu, Yan Qiao
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Protocell formation on micrometeorites [PDF]
AbstractWe 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. Synergistic interactions of lipid compartments with pristine extraterrestrial surfaces are entirely unexplored, but constitute a
Aldo Jesorka +5 more
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Accounts of Chemical Research, 2012 Prebiotic soup experiments have shown that the molecular building blocks of life can be built under prebiotically plausible conditions. From this starting point, researchers have launched continued studies of polymerization and explorations of the breadth of RNA function.
Del Bianco, Cristina +1 more
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