Genomics: Re-evaluation of translation machinery evolution

Current Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 1998, Pages

  Koonin, Eugene V ^a   Aravind, L ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENOME ANALYSIS; RNA TRANSLATION;

ARCHAEA; SPIROCHAETES;

EID: 0032499091     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0960-9822(98)70169-1     Document Type: Review

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