Origins and evolution of isoprenoid lipid biosynthesis in archaea

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 515-527

  Boucher, Yan ^a   Kamekura, Masahiro ^b   Doolittle, W Ford ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Noda Institute for Scientific Research   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOPRENOID;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC LINKAGE; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIPOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; ARCHAEA; ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; EVOLUTION; GENOME, ARCHAEAL; GLYCEROLPHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLYCEROPHOSPHATES; LIPIDS; MEMBRANE LIPIDS; MEVALONIC ACID; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; TERPENES;

ARCHAEA; EUKARYOTA; HALOBACTERIALES; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 1942532925     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2004.03992.x     Document Type: Article

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