The first cell

Advances in Microbial Physiology

Volumn 50, Issue , 2005, Pages 227-259

  Koch, Arthur L ^a   Silver, Simon ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; FREE RADICAL; NUCLEIC ACID; POLYPEPTIDE; RNA;

CATALYSIS; CELL; CELL CYCLE; CELL MATURATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL VACUOLE; CONFORMATION; DILUTION; ENERGY; ENERGY CONVERSION; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; LIFE; MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; METABOLISM; OSMOSIS; OXIDATION; PRECAMBRIAN; REVIEW; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANIMALS; BIOGENESIS; CELL DIVISION; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; EVOLUTION; GENES; METABOLISM;

EID: 26444463024     PISSN: 00652911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0065-2911(05)50006-7     Document Type: Review

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