| Literature DB >> 15826671 |
Jack T Trevors1, Gerald H Pollack.
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A hypothesis is proposed that the first cell(s) on the Earth assembled in a hydrogel environment. Gel environments are capable of retaining water, oily hydrocarbons, solutes, and gas bubbles, and are capable of carrying out many functions, even in the absence of a membrane. Thus, the gel-like environment may have conferred distinct advantages for the assembly of the first cell(s).Entities:
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Year: 2005 PMID： 15826671 DOI： 10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2004.07.003
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Prog Biophys Mol Biol ISSN： 0079-6107 Impact factor: 3.667