Transitions from Nonliving to Living Matter
SciencePublished 12 February 2004
Steen Rasmussen, Liaohai Chen, David W. Deamer, David C. Krakauer, Norman H. Packard, Peter F. Stadler
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Synthesis and Characterization of Amino Acid Decyl Esters as Early Membranes for the Origins of Life,
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