About the last common ancestor, the universal life-tree and lateral gene transfer: A reappraisal

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 177-185

  Glansdorff, N ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE LIPID;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; EUKARYOTE; GENE TRANSFER; LIPOGENESIS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

ANIMALS; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; LIPIDS;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0033752775     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2000.02126.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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