Viral eukaryogenesis: Was the ancestor of the nucleus a complex DNA virus?

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 251-256

  Livingstone Bell, Philip John ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Eukaryogenesis; Guanylytransferase; Nucleus; Origin of life; Phylogeny; Virus

Indexed keywords

DNA; MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMOSOME; CYTOPLASM; DNA VIRUS; EUKARYOSIS; EUKARYOTE; GENE LOSS; GENOME; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MYCOPLASMA; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; RNA CAPPING; RNA TRANSLATION; VIRUS ENVELOPE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA LIGASES; DNA VIRUSES; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; MEMBRANE FUSION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASES; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHYLOGENY; PROKARYOTIC CELLS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ANIMALIA; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DNA VIRUSES; EUKARYOTA; MYCOPLASMA;

EID: 0034872743     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002390010215     Document Type: Article

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