The mosaic nature of the eukaryotic nucleus

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 779-788

  Ribeiro, Susana ^a   Golding, G Brian ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chimeric origins; Eucarya origins; Eukaryote origins; Methanococcus; Phylogenetics

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHIMERA; EUKARYOTE; GENE TRANSFER; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; METHANOBACTERIUM; MOSAICISM; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; METHANOBACTERIUM; METHANOCALDOCOCCUS JANNASCHII; METHANOCOCCUS; METHANOCOCCUS JANNASCHII; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0031828312     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a025983     Document Type: Article

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