...
self contained... self assembling... self
adjusting... self perpetuating...
isothermal
(steady & ambient) mix of biomolecules,
... held in a 3-D conformation by weak
non-covalent forces,
... that extracts
precursors & free
energy from its
surroundings,
... that maintains a quantum state far
from equilibrium,
... & that can catalyze
reactions with
specific biocatalysts (enzymes),
which it makes itself ,
... & that shows great efficiency &
economy of metabolic
regulation,
... & can self-replicate,
using the linear information
in the
"molecule of life"… DNA.
But where did
the first cells come from?
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