Hydrogenosomes, Mitochondria and Early Eukaryotic Evolution

IUBMB Life

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 387-395

  Embley, T Martin ^a   Van der Giezen, Mark ^a,b   Horner, David S ^a,c   Dyal, Patricia L ^a   Bell, Samantha ^a   Foster, Peter G ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Early eukaryotes; Evolution; Hydrogenase; Hydrogenosomes; Mitochondria; Organelles

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ENZYME; HYDROGEN; HYDROGENASE; PYRUVATE SYNTHASE;

ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL ORGANELLE; ENDOSYMBIOSIS; EUKARYOTE EVOLUTION; HYDROGENOSOME; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN TARGETING; PROTOZOON; REVIEW;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANIMALS; COS CELLS; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; EVOLUTION; FERRITINS; HYDROGEN; MITOCHONDRIA; ORGANELLES; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PHYLOGENY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TIME FACTORS; TRANSFECTION;

EUKARYOTA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0142024182     PISSN: 15216543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15216540310001592834     Document Type: Review

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