title: Transformation of oil droplets into giant vesicles.
abstract: We propose a protocell model in which compartments are constructed via a new process involving the formation of robust vesicles using an autocatalytic, self-reproducing oil droplet system as a 'scaffold'.
authors.affiliation: Department of Bioorganization Research, Okazaki Institute for Integrative Bioscience, National Institutes of Natural Sciences, 5-1 Higashiyama, Myodaiji, Okazaki, Aichi 444-8787, Japan and Department of Life and Coordination-Complex Molecular Science, Institute for Molecular Science, National Institutes of Natural Sciences, 38 Nishigo-naka, Myodaiji, Okazaki, Aichi 444-8585, Japan. kkurihara@ims.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sheng
authors.affiliation: Department of Bioorganization Research, Okazaki Institute for Integrative Bioscience, National Institutes of Natural Sciences, 5-1 Higashiyama, Myodaiji, Okazaki, Aichi 444-8787, Japan and Department of Life and Coordination-Complex Molecular Science, Institute for Molecular Science, National Institutes of Natural Sciences, 38 Nishigo-naka, Myodaiji, Okazaki, Aichi 444-8585, Japan. kkurihara@ims.ac.jp and Research Center for Complex Systems Biology, The University of Tokyo, 3-8-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8902, Japan.
authors.forename: Kensuke
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kurihara