An important prebiotic event was probably the incorporation of nucleic acids by lipid vesicles. This process was studied with artificial model cells and fluorescent probes. Pictures 1–4 represent a time series of fluorescence microscopic images of T4 DNA molecules (166 kb) incorporated into giant vesicles of 5 μm diameter. The entrapped DNA molecules are in a coiled state.
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