Luca: The last universal common ancestor;Luca: À la recherche du plus proche ancêtre commun universel

Medecine/Sciences

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 860-865

  Forterre, Patrick ^a   Gribaldo, Simonetta ^a,b   Brochier, Céline ^c  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; RNA;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; CELL MEMBRANE; CYTOLOGY; DNA REPLICATION; EUKARYOTE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PROGENOTE; PROKARYOTE; REVIEW; RNA GENE;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 27144471097     PISSN: 07670974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/medsci/20052110860     Document Type: Review

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