The universal ancestor was a thermophile or a hyperthermophile

Gene

Volumn 281, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 11-17

  Di Giulio, Massimo ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND BIOPHYSICS ADRIANO BUZZATI TRAVERSO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ancestral sequence; Last universal common ancestor; Origin of life; Paralogous protein; Thermophily index

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; RIBOSOME RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE;

ACCLIMATIZATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CELL DIVISION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SIGNAL RECOGNITION PARTICLE; TEMPERATURE; TRYPTOPHAN-TRNA LIGASE;

EID: 0035960881     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(01)00781-8     Document Type: Article

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