Archaebacteria (Archaea) and the origin of the eukaryotic nucleus

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 630-637

  Martin, William ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL GENE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CHIMERA; CLINICAL RESEARCH; ENDOSYMBIONT; GENE STRUCTURE; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE VESICLE; METHANOGENESIS; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NOMENCLATURE; NONHUMAN; PROKARYOTE; REVIEW; SYMBIOSIS; THERMOPLASMA;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; CELL NUCLEUS; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; EVOLUTION;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA; THERMOPLASMA;

EID: 27844490046     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2005.10.004     Document Type: Review

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