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Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas

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The Structure of the Proteoplasmic Membranes

We've shown relatively recent that if you just mix iron and sulphura sistine in water and alkalie p h, you spontaneously form these iron sulphur clusters. But ther they're very small clusters, and they're always in proteins. They're always bound by an amino acid called sistine. So this entire system, all the membrane itself, is not made of polymas. It's just made of fatty acids. And now you've got an autotrophi, protocel which is going to grow, because it's going to make new organics inside itself,. rather than collecting them from the environment. Youyeeson any too many things, too many chemicals, too

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