Artificial morphogen-mediated differentiation in synthetic protocells

Liangfei Tian; Mei Li; Avinash J. Patil; Bruce W. Drinkwater; Stephen Mann

doi:10.1038/s41467-019-11316-4

Nature Communications (Jul 2019)

Artificial morphogen-mediated differentiation in synthetic protocells

Liangfei Tian,
Mei Li,
Avinash J. Patil,
Bruce W. Drinkwater,
Stephen Mann

Affiliations

Liangfei Tian: Centre for Protolife Research and Centre for Organized Matter Chemistry, School of Chemistry, University of Bristol
Mei Li: Centre for Protolife Research and Centre for Organized Matter Chemistry, School of Chemistry, University of Bristol
Avinash J. Patil: Centre for Protolife Research and Centre for Organized Matter Chemistry, School of Chemistry, University of Bristol
Bruce W. Drinkwater: Faculty of Engineering, Queens Building, University of Bristol
Stephen Mann: Centre for Protolife Research and Centre for Organized Matter Chemistry, School of Chemistry, University of Bristol

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-11316-4
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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The ability to mimic aspects of cellular process that rely on reaction-diffusion gradients could provide a step to building life-like systems capable of complex behaviour. Here the authors demonstrate morphological differentiation in coacervate micro-droplets.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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