Archaea and the prokaryote-to-eukaryote transition

Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 456-502

  Brown, James R ^a,b   Doolittle, W Ford ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYL COENZYME A SYNTHETASE; AMINO ACID TRANSFER RNA LIGASE; AMINOTRANSFERASE; ARGININOSUCCINATE SYNTHASE; CARBAMOYL PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; CITRATE SYNTHASE; DEOXYRIBODIPYRIMIDINE PHOTOLYASE; DNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE BETA; DNA TOPOISOMERASE; DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING); ELONGATION FACTOR; ENOLASE; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLUTAMIC ACID TRANSFER RNA; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; HISTIDINE; INOSINATE DEHYDROGENASE; MALATE DEHYDROGENASE; NEBULARINE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PHOSPHOGLYCERATE KINASE; PORPHYRIN; PYRROLINE 5 CARBOXYLATE REDUCTASE; RIBOSOME PROTEIN; TRYPTOPHAN;

AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; BACTERIUM; BREATHING; DNA REPLICATION; EUBACTERIUM; EUKARYOTE; EVOLUTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TRANSFER; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PROKARYOTE; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; REVIEW; SYMBIOSIS;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 0031470387     PISSN: 10922172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/.61.4.456-502.1997     Document Type: Review

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