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2019 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

Towards the Synthesis of Photo-Autotrophic Protocells

Authors : Emiliano Altamura, Paola Albanese, Roberto Marotta, Pasquale Stano, Francesco Milano, Massimo Trotta, Fabio Mavelli

Published in: Computational Intelligence Methods for Bioinformatics and Biostatistics

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Abstract

In this contribution we discuss the possible strategies to synthesize photo-autotrophic artificial protocells starting from scratch, following the semi-synthetic bottom up approach. The main aim is to build up artificial compartmentalized systems able to mimic living cell behavior in the transduction of light energy in chemical energy. Some preliminary results and future perspective are presented and discussed.

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Metadata
Title
Towards the Synthesis of Photo-Autotrophic Protocells
Authors
Emiliano Altamura
Paola Albanese
Roberto Marotta
Pasquale Stano
Francesco Milano
Massimo Trotta
Fabio Mavelli
Copyright Year
2019
Book
Computational Intelligence Methods for Bioinformatics and Biostatistics

Print ISBN: 978-3-030-14159-2

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-030-14160-8

Copyright Year: 2019

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-14160-8_18

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