Selenoproteins and the metabolic features of the archaeal ancestor of eukaryotes

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 383-386

  Foster, Charles B ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Archaea; Crenarchaeote; Hydrogen hypothesis; Methanogen; Origin of life; Sulfur

Indexed keywords

METHANE; SELENOPROTEIN; SULFUR; TRANSFER RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; EUKARYOTE; METHANOCOCCUS; METHANOGENESIS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

ANIMALS; ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CRENARCHAEOTA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; PROTEINS; SELENOCYSTEINE; SELENOPROTEINS;

EID: 14544304733     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msi007     Document Type: Article

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