Degenerate mitochondria

EMBO Reports

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 525-530

  van der Giezen, Mark ^a   Tovar, Jorge ^b  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amitochondrial organisms; Anaerobic eukaryotes; Eukaryotic evolution; Mitochondrial evolution; Remnant organelles

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEIN;

CELL METABOLISM; CELL ORGANELLE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; EUKARYOTE EVOLUTION; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; MITOCHONDRIAL ENERGY TRANSFER; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS;

DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION; MITOCHONDRIA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 22144494670     PISSN: 1469221X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.embor.7400440     Document Type: Review

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