Major 'anastrophes' in the origin and early evolution of biological energy conversion

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 187, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 495-501

  Baltscheffsky, Herrick ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY CONVERSION; EVOLUTION;

BIOGENESIS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CATABOLISM; ENERGY CONVERSION; ENERGY METABOLISM; EVOLUTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENOME; METABOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

EID: 0031582719     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jtbi.1996.0384     Document Type: Article

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