Chen, IA. The emergence of cells during the origin of life. Science 2006, 314: 1558-1559. [pdf]

Chen IA, Hanczyc MM, Sazani PL, Szostak JW. Protocells: Genetic polymers inside membrane vesicles. In RNA World, 3^rd ed. Gesteland RF, Cech TR, Atkins JF, eds. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press. 2006.

Chen IA, Salehi-Ashtiani K, Szostak JW. 2005. RNA catalysis in model protocell vesicles. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 127(38):13213-9. [pdf]

Fujikawa SM, Chen IA, Szostak JW. Vesicle shrink-wrap. Langmuir 2005, 21(12124 – 12129). [pdf]

Chen IA, Roberts RW, Szostak JW. The emergence of competition between model protocells. Science 2004, 305(5689):1474-1476. [pdf]

Chen IA, Szostak JW. A kinetic study of the growth of fatty acid vesicles. Biophys. J. 2004, 87(2):988-98. [pdf]

Chen IA, Szostak JW. Membrane growth can generate a transmembrane pH gradient in fatty acid vesicles, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 2004, 101(21): 7965-7970. [pdf]

Straight AF, Cheung A, Limouze J, Chen I, Westwood NJ, Sellers JR, Mitchison TJ. Dissecting temporal and spatial control of cytokinesis with a myosin II inhibitor. Science 2003, 299 (5613): 1743-1747.

Kast P, Grisostomi C, Chen IA, Li S, Krengel U, Xue Y, Hilvert D. A strategically positioned cation is crucial for efficient catalysis by chorismate mutase.  J. Biol. Chem. 2000, 275 (47): 36832-36838.

Hanczyc MM, Chen IA, Sazani P, Szostak JW. Steps towards a synthetic protocell. In Protocells: Bridging Nonliving and Living Matter. Rasmussen S, Bedau MA, Chen L, Deamer D, Krakauer DC, Packard NH, Stadler PF, eds. MIT Press, in press.