How leaky were primitive cells?

David W. Deamer
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David W. Deamer: University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California 95064, USA. deamer@soe.ucsc.edu

Nature, 2008, vol. 454, issue 7200, 37-38

Abstract: If the first cells were simple vesicles, how did nutrients cross their membranes without help from transport proteins? A model of a primitive cell suggests that early membranes were surprisingly permeable.

Date: 2008
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DOI: 10.1038/454037a

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