Comparative genomics of archaea: How much have we learned in six years, and what's next?

Genome Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2003, Pages

  Makarova, Kira S ^a   Koonin, Eugene V ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; BACTERIAL GENE; CELL LINEAGE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOSS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME, ARCHAEAL; GENOMICS;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0043011009     PISSN: 14656906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/gb-2003-4-8-115     Document Type: Review

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