Protocells: Subcompartmentalization and Pseudo‐Division of Model Protocells (Small 2/2021)
Source abstract
Abstract
In article number 2005320, Irep Gözen and co-workers demonstrate that the spontaneous subcompartmentalization of model protocells is governed by the physicochemical interaction of the protocell membranes with mineral-like solid interfaces. In the described experiments, several tens of compartments emerge on the basal membrane of each adhered model protocell. They are able to encapsulate small molecules from the external environment and maintain them within. The compartments become isolated daughter protocells when the enveloping membrane ruptures, which can be perceived as a form of primitive division.
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OpenAlex topics: Origins and Evolution of Life
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Affiliations
Centre for Molecular Medicine Norway Faculty of Medicine University of Oslo Oslo 0318 Norway
International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory Braga 4715‐330 Portugal
Department of Chemistry Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences University of Oslo Oslo 0315 Norway
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Chalmers University of Technology Göteborg SE‐412 96 Sweden
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