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Plausible Sources of Membrane-Forming Fatty Acids on the Early Earth: A Review of the Literature and an Estimation of Amounts

[Image: see text] The first cells were plausibly bounded by membranes assembled from fatty acids with at least 8 carbons. Although the presence of fatty acids on the early Earth is widely assumed within the astrobiology community, there is no consensus regarding their origin and abundance. In this R...

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Autores principales: Cohen, Zachary R., Todd, Zoe R., Wogan, Nicholas, Black, Roy A., Keller, Sarah L., Catling, David C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Chemical Society 2022
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9869395/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36704178
http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsearthspacechem.2c00168