The genome of Rickettsia prowazekii and some thoughts on the origin of mitochondria and hydrogenosomes

BioEssays

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 377-381

  Müller, Miklós ^a   Martin, William ^b  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; MITOCHONDRIAL GENETICS; PHYLOGENY;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA; PROTEOBACTERIA; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA PROWAZEKII;

EID: 0344436077     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-1878(199905)21:5<377::AID-BIES4>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Review

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