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Potassium at the Origins of Life: Did Biology Emerge from Biotite in Micaceous Clay?
Intracellular potassium concentrations, [K(+)], are high in all types of living cells, but the origins of this K(+) are unknown. The simplest hypothesis is that life emerged in an environment that was high in K(+). One such environment is the spaces between the sheets of the clay mineral mica. The b...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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MDPI
2022
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8880093/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35207588 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/life12020301 |