Early Phosphate Metabolism (IMAGE)

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Early Phosphate Metabolism

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This is a schematic depiction of how an early metabolism could have expanded from an initial set of prebiotic molecules, with thioester (S) vs. phosphate (P) as the main driving force.

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Joshua Goldford and Daniel Segrè

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