Fatty Acid/Phospholipid Blended Membranes: A Potential Intermediate State in Protocellular Evolution

A simple physical mechanism enables homeostasis in primitive cells

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Nonenzymatic copying of RNA templates containing all four letters is catalyzed by activated oligonucleotides

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Emergent properties arising from the assembly of amphiphiles. Artificial vesicle membranes as reaction promoters and regulators

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Flip-Flop of Oleic Acid in a Phospholipid Membrane: Rate and Mechanism

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Generation of Functional RNAs from Inactive Oligonucleotide Complexes by Non-enzymatic Primer Extension

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Functional RNAs exhibit tolerance for non-heritable 2′–5′ versus 3′–5′ backbone heterogeneity

(2013) Aaron E. Engelhart et al.   Nature Chemistry

Competition between model protocells driven by an encapsulated catalyst

(2013) Katarzyna Adamala et al.   Nature Chemistry

Nonenzymatic Template-Directed RNA Synthesis Inside Model Protocells

(2013) K. Adamala et al.   SCIENCE

Concentration-Driven Growth of Model Protocell Membranes

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An optimal degree of physical and chemical heterogeneity for the origin of life?

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Physical effects underlying the transition from primitive to modern cell membranes

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Prebiotically relevant mixed fatty acid vesicles support anionic solute encapsulation and photochemically catalyzed trans-membrane charge transport

(2011) Jonathan L. Cape et al.   Chemical Science

Chemical Evolution of Amphiphiles: Glycerol Monoacyl Derivatives Stabilize Plausible Prebiotic Membranes

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Template-directed synthesis of a genetic polymer in a model protocell

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Thermostability of model protocell membranes

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