Early steps of metabolism evolution inferred by cladistic analysis of amino acid catabolic pathways

Comptes Rendus - Biologies

Volumn 325, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 119-129

  Cunchillos, Chomin ^a   Lecointre, Guillaume ^b  

^a Inst Charles Darwin International   (France)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Aminoacids; Catabolism; Cladistic analysis; Evolution of metabolism

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ARGININE; ASPARAGINE; ASPARTIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; PROLINE;

AMINO ACID; EVOLUTION; METABOLISM;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; CLADISTICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEAMINATION; DECARBOXYLATION; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENZYME DEGRADATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; TRANSAMINATION;

EID: 0036337238     PISSN: 16310691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1631-0691(02)01411-7     Document Type: Article

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