Origins of life: How leaky were primitive cells?

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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. © 2008 Macmillan Publishers Limited. All rights reserved.

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Deamer, D. W. (2008, July 3). Origins of life: How leaky were primitive cells? Nature. Nature Publishing Group. https://doi.org/10.1038/454037a

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