单词 | protocell |
释义 | > as lemmasprotocell protocell n. Brit. /ˈprəʊtə(ʊ)sɛl/ , U.S. /ˈproʊdəˌsɛl/ Biology a primitive cell; a prebiotic precursor of the cell.ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > substance > cell > [noun] > protocell protocell1934 protobiont1961 1934 Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 74 255 There would still, from analogies, exist the practical certainty that the very first living protocell, if it could have been examined in numbers, would have shown its range of normal variation. 1965 S. W. Fox Orig. Prebiol. Syst. 372 The explanation has been extended to permit us to visualize a spontaneous synthesis of protein-like material sufficiently similar to yield a protocell which could spontaneously include ATP-splitting ability. 1995 Amer. Scientist Sept. 435/1 It is during this stage that protein enzymes must have made their first appearance, emerging one by one as a result of some RNA gene mutation and endowing the mutant protocell with the ability to carry out a new chemical reaction. < as lemmas |
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