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A spatial model of autocatalytic reactions
, 2010 Biological cells with all of their surface structure and complex interior stripped away are essentially vesicles - membranes composed of lipid bilayers which form closed sacs.
Alan J. McKane +12 more
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Thermostability of model protocell membranes [PDF]
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2008 The earliest cells may have consisted of a self-replicating genetic polymer encapsulated within a self-replicating membrane vesicle. Here, we show that vesicles composed of simple single-chain amphiphiles such as fatty acids, fatty alcohols, and fatty-acid glycerol esters are extremely thermostable and retain internal RNA and DNA oligonucleotides at ...
Mansy, Sheref Samir, J. W. Szostak
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ChemSystemsChem, Volume 8, Issue 2, March 2026.We demonstrate new strategies to induce motility of vesicle‐based prototissue fibers by generating oxygen bubbles under an enzymatic reaction. The prototissue fibers exhibited flotation due to the buoyancy of oxygen bubbles and magnetotaxis due to the paramagnetic property of oxygen.
Tomoya Kojima +3 more
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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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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 Capable of Generating a Cytoskeleton‐Like Structure from Intracellular Membrane‐Active Artificial Organelles [PDF]
, 2023 Dishi Wang +7 more
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Surface‐Driven Protocell Formation in Geologically Relevant Early Earth Environment
ChemSystemsChem, Volume 8, Issue 2, March 2026.Illustration of a prebiotic early‐Earth environment showing cell‐like protocells (blue spheres) and other complex organic molecules (pink and green spheres) distributed across terrestrial surfaces and within subsurface niches. Volcanic landscapes and mineral‐rich substrates provide diverse geochemical settings for the assembly and evolution of ...
Pamela Knoll, Silvia Holler
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Lipid vesicles chaperone an encapsulated RNA aptamer. [PDF]
, 2018 The organization of molecules into cells is believed to have been critical for the emergence of living systems. Early protocells likely consisted of RNA functioning inside vesicles made of simple lipids.
Chen, Irene A +2 more
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Three Compartment Liposome Fusion: Functional Protocells for Biocatalytic Cascades and Operation of Dynamic DNA Machineries [PDF]
, 2023 Fujian Huang +6 more
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ChemSystemsChem, Volume 8, Issue 2, March 2026.A new strategy for temporal control over simple and complex coacervates is described here. The urea‐urease reaction results in the timed formation and/or destruction of complex coacervates after controllable delays. This strategy is easily adaptable to different time scales and polyelectrolyte pairs.
Shana Shirin Valapra +4 more
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