From pre-cells to Eukarya - A tale of two lipids

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 13-22

  Wachtershauser G ^a  

^a NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPID;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOGENESIS; CELL FUSION; CELL POPULATION; CELL TYPE; ENANTIOMER; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; EVOLUTION; GENE CLUSTER; LIPID MEMBRANE; LIPOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGY; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MEMBRANE LIPIDS; SYMBIOSIS;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0037223123     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03267.x     Document Type: Article

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