Lateral genomics

Trends in Biochemical Sciences

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 1999, Pages

  Ford Doolittle, W ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOACYL TRANSFER RNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TRANSFER; GENOME; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOSIS; PROKARYOTE; REVIEW; TAXONOMY;

EID: 0033410185     PISSN: 09680004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0968-0004(99)01471-1     Document Type: Review

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