Biopolym. Cell. 2009; 25(5):403-423.
http://dx.doi.org/10.7124/bc.0007F3
Discussions
Biopolymers and cells on the level of microbial architecture. 2. Parallel life, parallel but not life, nonparallel and not life, but what? What is life?
1Kordium V. A., 1Moshynets E. V.
  1. Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics, NAS of Ukraine
    150, Akademika Zabolotnoho Str., Kyiv, Ukraine, 03680

Abstract

A question concerning theoretical limits of what we call life has been raised since the discovery of cell-like bodies of 0.1–0.01 µm size. In connection with that, a conception of life and possibility of its applicability for different spatially localized objects in nature are analyzed.
Keywords: consensus of cell, evolutionary mechanisms, auto-assemblage, matrix synthesis
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