Origins of mitochondria and hydrogenosomes

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 535-541

  Andersson, Siv Ge ^a   Kurland, Charles G ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GENE; ENERGY METABOLISM; GENE LOSS; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PROTON TRANSPORT; REVIEW; RNA TRANSLATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SYMBIOSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0032833953     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1369-5274(99)00013-2     Document Type: Review

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