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Life, 2019 Protocells are supramolecular systems commonly used for numerous applications, such as the formation of self-evolvable systems, in systems chemistry and synthetic biology.
Augustin Lopez, Michele Fiore
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Natural selection. III. Selection versus transmission and the levels of selection [PDF]
, 2011 George Williams defined an evolutionary unit as hereditary information for which the selection bias between competing units dominates the informational decay caused by imperfect transmission.
Frank, Steven A.
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Passive endocytosis in model protocells
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2023 AbstractSemipermeable membranes are a key feature of all living organisms. While specialized membrane transporters in cells can import otherwise impermeable nutrients, the earliest cells would have lacked a mechanism to import nutrients rapidly under nutrient-rich circumstances.
Stephanie J. Zhang +6 more
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Advanced Science, 2022 Several immune cell‐expressed miRNAs (miRs) are associated with altered prognostic outcome in cancer patients, suggesting that they may be potential targets for development of cancer therapies.
Paco López‐Cuevas +7 more
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Synthetic protocells interact with viral nanomachinery and inactivate pathogenic human virus.
PLoS ONE, 2011 We present a new antiviral strategy and research tool that could be applied to a wide range of enveloped viruses that infect human beings via membrane fusion.
Matteo Porotto +3 more
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Sequence‐Modulated Active Tripeptide Condensates for Tandem Catalysis
Angewandte Chemie, Volume 138, Issue 13, 23 March 2026.Sequence‐modulated tripeptide coacervates mimic biomolecular condensates with controllable, enzyme‐regulated phase separation. They co‐sequester hydrophobic active species and hydrophilic enzymes, enabling tandem catalysis in aqueous media. Incorporated into artificial cells, they function as adaptive sub‐organelles, orchestrating compartmentalized ...
Hao Han +7 more
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Dynamic Transcription Machineries in Protocells. [PDF]
J Am Chem SocTranscription machineries play key roles in nature by regulating diverse cellular processes, including cell cycle progression, the control of intracellular metabolic balance, and cell differentiation and growth. These processes are regulated by the programmed transcription factor-mediated operation of transcription machineries and cellular ...
Dong J, Xia F, Huang F, Willner I.
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UV-light-driven prebiotic synthesis of iron–sulfur clusters [PDF]
, 2017 Iron–sulfur clusters are ancient cofactors that play a fundamental role in metabolism and may have impacted the prebiotic chemistry that led to life.
Bonfio, Claudia +13 more
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, 2021 Numerous living systems are hierarchically organised, whereby replicating components are grouped into reproducing collectives -- e.g., organelles are grouped into cells, and cells are grouped into multicellular organisms.
Kaneko, Kunihiko +2 more
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Survival of RNA Replicators Is Much Easier in Protocells Than in Surface-Based, Spatial Systems
Life, 2019 In RNA-World scenarios for the origin of life, replication is catalyzed by polymerase ribozymes. Replicating RNA systems are subject to invasion by non-functional parasitic strands. It is well-known that there are two ways to avoid the destruction of the
Vismay Shah +4 more
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