Synthesizing life

被引:1203
作者
Szostak, JW [1 ]
Bartel, DP
Luisi, PL
机构
[1] Massachusetts Gen Hosp, Howard Hughes Med Inst, Boston, MA 02114 USA
[2] Massachusetts Gen Hosp, Dept Mol Biol, Boston, MA 02114 USA
[3] MIT, Whitehead Inst Biomed Res, Cambridge, MA 02142 USA
[4] MIT, Dept Biol, Cambridge, MA 02142 USA
[5] ETH Zentrum, Inst Polymere, CH-8092 Zurich, Switzerland
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D O I
10.1038/35053176
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
Advances in directed evolution and membrane biophysics make the synthesis of simple living cells, if not yet foreseeable reality, an imaginable goal. Overcoming the many scientific challenges along the way will deepen our understanding of the essence of cellular life and its origin on Earth.
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页码:387 / 390
页数:4
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