title: Prebiotic oligomerization on or inside lipid vesicles in hydrothermal environments.
abstract: Oligomerization of amino acids proceeded on or inside lipid vesicles as a model of prebiotic cells in a simulated hydrothermal environment. When the suspension of lipid vesicles taking up monomeric glycine underwent a sudden temperature drop by traversing from a hot (180 degrees C) to a cold (0 degree C) region repeatedly while circulating through a closed reaction circuit, oligopeptides up to heptaglycine were formed even in the absence of condensing agents.
authors.affiliation: Department of BioEngineering, Nagaoka University of Technology, Nagaoka 940-2188, Japan.
authors.forename: Hideaki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tsukahara
authors.forename: Ei-Ichi
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Imai
authors.forename: Hajime
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Honda
authors.forename: Kuniyuki
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hatori
authors.forename: Koichiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Matsuno
mesh_terms: D000596:Amino Acids / Q000737:chemistry*; D019418:Evolution, Chemical; D006358:Hot Temperature; D008081:Liposomes; D000069497:Origin of Life; D011312:Pressure
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids; D008081:Liposomes