Growth and Division in a Dynamic Protocell Model

In this paper a new model of growing and dividing protocells is described, whose main features are (i) a lipid container that grows according to the composition of the molecular milieu (ii) a set of “genetic memory molecules” (GMMs) that undergo catalytic reactions in the internal aqueous phase and...

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Main Authors: Villani, Marco, Filisetti, Alessandro, Graudenzi, Alex, Damiani, Chiara, Carletti, Timoteo, Serra, Roberto
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: MDPI 2014
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4284470/