Protocell

Known as: Proto-cell, Protobiont, Protobionts 
A protocell (or protobiont) is a self-organized, endogenously ordered, spherical collection of lipids proposed as a stepping-stone to the origin of… (More)
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2015
2015
Minimal Conditions for Protocell Stationary Growth
We show that self-replication of a chemical system encapsulated within a membrane growing from within is possible without any… (More)
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2015
2015
Ontogeny and adaptivity in a model protocell
Viability, ontogeny, and adaptivity have been widely discussed within the context of emergent individuality. This paper provides… (More)
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2012
2012
The Stochastic Evolution of a Protocell: The Gillespie Algorithm in a Dynamically Varying Volume
We propose an improvement of the Gillespie algorithm allowing us to study the time evolution of an ensemble of chemical reactions… (More)
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2009
2009
Shapes and Self-Movement in Protocell Systems
The effect of shapes on self-movement has been studied with an extended model of autopoiesis. Autopoiesis is known as a theory of… (More)
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2009
2009
Non-linear protocell models: Synchronization and Chaos
  • DE RECHERCHE, Moretus Plantin, +4 authors Irene Poli
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We consider generic protocells models allowing linear and non-linear kinetics for the main involved chemical reactions. We are… (More)
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2008
2008
Metabolic Photofragmentation Kinetics for a Minimal Protocell: Rate-Limiting Factors, Efficiency, and Implications for Evolution
A key requirement of an autonomous self-replicating molecular machine, a protocell, is the ability to digest resources and turn… (More)
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2007
2007
Preliminary Steps toward Artificial Protocell Computation
Protocells are hypothesised as a transitional phase in the origin of life, prior to the evolution of fully functional prokaryotic… (More)
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2007
2007
Protocell self-reproduction in a spatially extended metabolism-vesicle system.
Cellular life requires the presence of a set of biochemical mechanisms in order to maintain a predictable process of growth and… (More)
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2005
2005
Evolutionary Potential and Requirements for Minimal Protocells
Minimal protocell concepts have high intellectual and practical value. Following chemoton theory, developed by Tibor Gánti in… (More)
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1998
1998
A Stefan problem for a protocell model
The paper considers a simple model of radially symmetric cell which undergoes growth due to a continuous supply of nutrient, and… (More)
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