A transient self-assembling self-replicator

Understanding self-replication and persistence in an out-of-equilibrium state is key to designing systems with new properties mimicking “living systems”. Here, the authors developed a synthetic small molecule system in which a transient surfactant replicator is responsible for both an autocatalytic...

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Main Authors:	Ignacio Colomer, Sarah M. Morrow, Stephen P. Fletcher
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Nature Publishing Group 2018-06-01
Series:	Nature Communications
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04670-2

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spelling	doaj-fd802c3a666941ffa5e6caeea2cd4d052021-05-11T09:45:36ZengNature Publishing GroupNature Communications2041-17232018-06-01911610.1038/s41467-018-04670-2A transient self-assembling self-replicatorIgnacio Colomer0Sarah M. Morrow1Stephen P. Fletcher2Department of Chemistry, Chemistry Research Laboratory, University of OxfordDepartment of Chemistry, Chemistry Research Laboratory, University of OxfordDepartment of Chemistry, Chemistry Research Laboratory, University of OxfordUnderstanding self-replication and persistence in an out-of-equilibrium state is key to designing systems with new properties mimicking “living systems”. Here, the authors developed a synthetic small molecule system in which a transient surfactant replicator is responsible for both an autocatalytic aggregation pathway and a destructive pathway.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04670-2
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description	Understanding self-replication and persistence in an out-of-equilibrium state is key to designing systems with new properties mimicking “living systems”. Here, the authors developed a synthetic small molecule system in which a transient surfactant replicator is responsible for both an autocatalytic aggregation pathway and a destructive pathway.
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A transient self-assembling self-replicator

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