The origin of eukaryotes: The difference between prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 266, Issue 1428, 1999, Pages 1571-1577

  Vellai, Tibor ^a   Vida, Gábor ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (Hungary)

^b EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Genome organization; Intracellular compartmentalization; Origin of eukaryotes; Phagocytosis; Symbiotic association

Indexed keywords

CYTOSKELETON; ENERGY METABOLISM; EUKARYOTE; EVOLUTION; GENOME; MITOCHONDRION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; REVIEW;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ARCHAEA; EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0033533089     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.1999.0817     Document Type: Review

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