Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
Volume 10, Issue 3, Pages 835-843Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/ijms10030835
Keywords
Origin of life; prebiotic; vesicle; synthetic biology; fatty acid
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Significant progress has been made in the construction of laboratory models of protocells. Most frequently the developed vesicle systems utilize single-chain lipids rather than the double-chain lipids typically found in biological membranes. Although single-chain lipids yield less robust vesicles, their dynamic characteristics are highly exploitable for protocellular functions. Herein the advantages of using single-chain lipids in the construction of protocells are discussed.
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