Droplets: Unconventional Protocell Model with Life-Like Dynamics and Room to Grow
Over the past few decades, several protocell models have been developed that mimic certain essential characteristics of living cells. These protocells tend to be highly reductionist simplifications of living cells with prominent bilayer membrane boundaries, encapsulated metabolisms and/or encapsulat...
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MDPI AG
2014-12-01
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Online Access: | http://www.mdpi.com/2075-1729/4/4/1038 |