Journal articleAuthors : DasGupta, Saurja (2023)
Demonstrating RNA catalysis within prebiotically relevant models of primordial cells (protocells)
remains a challenge in Origins of life research. Fatty acid vesicles encapsulating genomic and
catalytic RNAs (ribozymes) are attractive models for protocells; however, RNA catalysis has
largely been incompatible with fatty acid vesicles due to their instability in the presence of Mg2+ at
concentrations required for ribozyme function. Here, we report a r... 
