Protein phylogenies and signature sequences: Evolutionary relationships within prokaryotes and between prokaryotes and eukaryotes

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 49-61

  Gupta, Radhey S ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Archaebacteria; Cyanobacteria; Gram negative bacteria; Gram positive bacteria; Origin of eukaryotic cells

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; CELL FUSION; CELL NUCLEUS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; EUKARYOTE; EUKARYOTIC CELL; EVOLUTION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENOME; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; EVOLUTION; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROTEINS;

ARCHAEA; CYANOBACTERIA; EUKARYOTA; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0030819061     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1000278224701     Document Type: Conference Paper

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