Compartmentalization and Cell Division through Molecular Discreteness and Crowding in a Catalytic Reaction Network

Explanation of the emergence of primitive cellular structures from a set of chemical reactions is necessary to unveil the origin of life and to experimentally synthesize protocells. By simulating a cellular automaton model with a two-species hypercycle, we demonstrate the reproduction of a localized...

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Main Authors: Atsushi Kamimura, Kunihiko Kaneko
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2014-10-01
Series:Life
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2075-1729/4/4/586