Was our ancestor a hyperthermophilic procaryote?

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 133, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 677-688

  Xu, Ying ^a   Glansdorff, Nicolas ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Archaea; Bacteria; Last common ancestor; Membrane lipids; Origin of life; Procaryotes; Protoeucaryotes; Thermophiles

Indexed keywords

GLYCEROL DERIVATIVE; LIPID;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; BIOGENESIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; GENE TRANSFER; HEAT ACCLIMATIZATION; LIFE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PROKARYOTE; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; ANIMAL; BACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; EUKARYOTIC CELL; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; PROKARYOTIC CELL; REVIEW; TEMPERATURE;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA;

ANIMALS; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; BIOGENESIS; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; EVOLUTION; PROKARYOTIC CELLS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0036850803     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1095-6433(02)00197-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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