Comparative biochemistry of CO2 fixation and the evolution of autotrophy

International Microbiology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 3-10

  Pereló, Juli G ^a   Velasco, Ana María ^b   Becerra, Arturo ^b   Lazcano, Antonio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Arnon cycle; Calvin Benson cycle; Carbon dioxide assimilation; Semi enzymatic synthesis; Wood pathway

Indexed keywords

ACETYL COENZYME A; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARBON DIOXIDE; PHOSPHORIBULOKINASE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; URIDINE KINASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOGENESIS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENERGY METABOLISM; EVOLUTION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PENTOSE PHOSPHATE CYCLE; PHYLOGENY; PROKARYOTIC CELL; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ACETYL COENZYME A; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOGENESIS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; ENERGY METABOLISM; EVOLUTION; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PENTOSE PHOSPHATE PATHWAY; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES (ALCOHOL GROUP ACCEPTOR); PHYLOGENY; PROKARYOTIC CELLS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; URIDINE KINASE;

EID: 0033085933     PISSN: 11396709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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