ReviewCold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology2010
Membrane transport in primitive cells.
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- Tat-dependent protein translocation and its evolution.FEMS microbiology reviews · 2026Review
- Dynamical interactions among protocell populations: Implications for membrane-mediated chemical evolution.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2025Article
- From experimental clues to theoretical modeling: Evolution associated with the membrane-takeover at an early stage of life.PLoS computational biology · 2025Article
- Permeability selection of biologically relevant membranes matches the stereochemistry of life on Earth.PLoS biology · 2025Article
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- Biomimetic Materials to Fabricate Artificial Cells.Chemical reviews · 2024Review
- Hybrid Protocells Based on Coacervate-Templated Fatty Acid Vesicles Combine Improved Membrane Stability with Functional Interior Protocytoplasm.Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) · 2024Article
- Did the exposure of coacervate droplets to rain make them the first stable protocells?Science advances · 2024Article
- A Fusion-Growth Protocell Model Based on Vesicle Interactions with Pyrite Particles.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Generating Concentration Gradients across Membranes for Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Periodic Systems.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Article
- Structural Phenomena in a Vesicle Membrane Obtained through an Evolution Experiment: A Study Based on MD Simulations.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Passive endocytosis in model protocells.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2023Article
- Passive endocytosis in model protocells.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2023Article
- Minimal Out-of-Equilibrium Metabolism for Synthetic Cells: A Membrane Perspective.ACS synthetic biology · 2023Review
- Towards an RNA/Peptides World by the Direct RNA Template Mechanism: The Emergence of Membrane-Stabilizing Peptides in RNA-Based Protocells.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Membrane Structure Obtained in an Experimental Evolution Process.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Chemical Communication in Artificial Cells: Basic Concepts, Design and Challenges.Frontiers in molecular biosciences · 2022Review
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Abstract
Although model protocellular membranes consisting of monoacyl lipids are similar to membranes composed of contemporary diacyl lipids, they differ in at least one important aspect. Model protocellular membranes allow for the passage of polar solutes and thus can potentially support cell-to functions without the aid of transport machinery. The ability to transport polar molecules likely stems from increased lipid dynamics. Selectively permeable vesicle membranes composed of monoacyl lipids allow for many lifelike processes to emerge from a remarkably small set of molecules.
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