Origin of multicellular eukaryotes - Insights from proteome comparisons

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 688-694

  Aravind, L ^a   Subramanian, G ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; EUKARYOTE; EVOLUTION; GENOME; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; EUKARYOTA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0032804892     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-437X(99)00028-3     Document Type: Review

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