The role of lateral gene transfer in the evolution of isoprenoid biosynthesis pathways

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 703-716

  Boucher, Yan ^a   Ford Doolittle, W ^a  

^a CANADIAN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED RESEARCH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOPENTENYL DIPHOSPHATE; ISOPRENOID; MEVALONIC ACID; XYLULOSE;

BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BIOSYNTHESIS; EVOLUTION; GENE TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIA; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYISOPRENYL PHOSPHATES; PROTOZOA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; LANGAT VIRUS; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0033859551     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2000.02004.x     Document Type: Review

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