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Growth states of catalytic reaction networks exhibiting energy metabolism
, 2011 All cells derive nutrition by absorbing some chemical and energy resources from the environment; these resources are used by the cells to reproduce the chemicals within them, which in turn leads to an increase in their volume. In this study, we introduce
E. Schrödinger +6 more
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Protocells and RNA Self-Replication [PDF]
Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology, 2018 The general notion of an "RNA world" is that, in the early development of life on the Earth, genetic continuity was assured by the replication of RNA, and RNA molecules were the chief agents of catalytic function. Assuming that all of the components of RNA were available in some prebiotic locale, these components could have assembled into activated ...
Gerald F. Joyce, Jack W. Szostak
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From Vesicles to Protocells: The Roles of Amphiphilic Molecules
Life, 2015 It is very challenging to construct protocells from molecular assemblies. An important step in this challenge is the achievement of vesicle dynamics that are relevant to cellular functions, such as membrane trafficking and self-reproduction, using ...
Yuka Sakuma, Masayuki Imai
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Angewandte Chemie International Edition, EarlyView.Current interest in artificial cell research underscores its potential to deepen our understanding of life's fundamental processes. This review highlights advances in bottom‐up coacervate‐based artificial cell engineering via combined integration of cellular hallmarks.
Arjan Hazegh Nikroo +3 more
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On RAF Sets and Autocatalytic Cycles in Random Reaction Networks
, 2014 The emergence of autocatalytic sets of molecules seems to have played an important role in the origin of life context. Although the possibility to reproduce this emergence in laboratory has received considerable attention, this is still far from being ...
A Filisetti +31 more
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The Evolution of Active Droplets in Chemorobotic Platforms [PDF]
, 2017 There is great interest in oil-in-water droplets as simple systems that display astonishingly complex behaviours. Recently, we reported a chemorobotic platform capable of autonomously exploring and evolving the behaviours these droplets can exhibit.
Cronin, Lee +4 more
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Mode Switching and Collective Behavior in Chemical Oil Droplets
Entropy, 2011 We have characterized several dynamic aspects of a simple chemical system capable of self-movement: An oil droplet in water system. We focused on spontaneous mode switching and collective behavior of droplets as emergent properties of the system ...
Takashi Ikegami +2 more
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Bioinspired Networks of Communicating Synthetic Protocells
Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences, 2021 The bottom-up synthesis of cell-like entities or protocells from inanimate molecules and materials is one of the grand challenges of our time. In the past decade, researchers in the emerging field of bottom-up synthetic biology have developed different ...
Patrick J. Grimes +4 more
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Design of Fuel‐Dependent, Complex‐Coacervate‐Based Synthetic Cells
Chemistry – A European Journal, EarlyView.Fuel‐dependent synthetic cells form and persist only in the presence of chemical fuel, decaying under starvation. We establish design rules for hexapeptide‐based coacervates, showing that tryptophan enhances polyanion binding, extends lifetime, and reduces waste sensitivity.
Anna‐Lena Holtmannspötter +9 more
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Primitive Membrane Formation, Characteristics and Roles in the Emergent Properties of a Protocell
Entropy, 2011 All contemporary living cells are composed of a collection of self-assembled molecular elements that by themselves are non-living but through the creation of a network exhibit the emergent properties of self-maintenance, self-reproduction, and evolution.
Pierre-Alain Monnard +1 more
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