In its broadest sense a living unit or entity is one that can direct chemical changes by catalysis, and at the same time reproduce itself by autocatalysis, that is, by directing the formation of units like itself from other, and usually simpler chemical substances.    From Wordnik.com.  [Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]] Reference

'' '' 'and at the same time reproduce itself by autocatalysis, that is, by directing the formation of units.    From Wordnik.com.  [Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]] Reference

This might be the result of the autocatalysis of cells.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 7] Reference

What about autocatalysis associated with sequence replication?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Abusing Science] Reference

Most current explanations implicate autocatalysis as the source of this asymmetry.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Panda's Thumb: June 2006 Archives] Reference

With autocatalysis, there is no distinction between the 'hardware' and the 'software'.    From Wordnik.com.  [Abusing Science] Reference

Zachriel: With autocatalysis, there is no distinction between the 'hardware' and the 'software'.    From Wordnik.com.  [Abusing Science] Reference

Self-organizing criticality and autocatalysis are among the scientific concepts that show how biological entities spontaneously self-organize in quantum-like leaps from simple cells to linked complex networks of cells, organs, plants and animals.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ning Demo Video] Reference

The emergence of collective autocatalysis is "expected".    From Wordnik.com.  [NPR Topics: News] Reference

CO2 and electrons, a property designated network autocatalysis.    From Wordnik.com.  [Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]] Reference

People are working on the origin of life, including me, including my idea on collective autocatalysis.    From Wordnik.com.  [ScreenTalk] Reference

Suzan Mazur: You say: "My second intuition is that it's based on some form of collective autocatalysis.".    From Wordnik.com.  [ScreenTalk] Reference

Software for fitting rate constants to primarily kinetic data as 1st or 2nd order kinetics or autocatalysis.    From Wordnik.com.  [Softpedia - Windows - All] Reference

In short, on this view, the emergence of collective autocatalysis is an expected phase transition among a set of molecules that can undergo reactions and are candidates to catalyze those very reactions.    From Wordnik.com.  [NPR Topics: News] Reference

The alternative hypothesis to autocatalysis by catalysis via ligation or other reactions is the hope to form an RNA enzyme, called a ribozyme, that can act as a "polymerase" enzyme able to catalyze the template replication of any RNA, by sequential addition of nucleotides that are Watson Crick complements of the template strand.    From Wordnik.com.  [NPR Topics: News] Reference

When run in the reductive direction this cycle can duplicate its own members from abiotic CO2 and electrons, a property designated network autocatalysis.    From Wordnik.com.  [Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]] Reference

Discussions of the origins of homochirality always seem to miss the possibility of autocatalysis, i.e. a reaction in which the product catalyses it’s own formation.    From Wordnik.com.  [Abiogenesis: How plausible are the current models? - The Panda's Thumb] Reference

> .... when run in the reductive direction this cycle can duplicate its own members from abiotic CO2 and electrons, a property designated network autocatalysis.    From Wordnik.com.  [Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]] Reference

1st or 2nd order kinetics or autocatalysis.    From Wordnik.com.  [Softpedia - Windows - All] Reference