The genetic core of the universal ancestor

Genome Research

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 407-412

  Harris, J Kirk ^a,b   Kelley, Scott T ^a   Spiegelman, George B ^c   Pace, Norman R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; INITIATION FACTOR; RIBOSOME PROTEIN; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPLICATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENOTE; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; RIBOSOME;

ANIMALS; ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; DATABASES, PROTEIN; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EUKARYOTIC INITIATION FACTORS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENES; GENES, ARCHAEAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, FUNGAL; GENES, HELMINTH; GENES, INSECT; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PROKARYOTIC INITIATION FACTORS; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RIBOSOMAL PROTEINS; RIBOSOMES;

EID: 0037352585     PISSN: 10889051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gr.652803     Document Type: Article

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