Molecular classification of living organisms

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1995, Pages 273-279

  Saccone, C ^a   Gissi, C ^a   Lanave, C ^b   Pesole, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Archaebacteria; Glutamine synthetase; Markov process; Phylogenetic trees; rRNA; Tree of life

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; EUBACTERIUM; EUKARYOTE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; RNA SEQUENCE; TAXONOMY;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; BASE SEQUENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; GENES, STRUCTURAL; GLUTAMATE-AMMONIA LIGASE; MARKOV CHAINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0028924067     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: 14321432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00163232     Document Type: Article

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