Evolution of glutamate dehydrogenase genes: Evidence for lateral gene transfer within and between prokaryotes and eukaryotes

BMC Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 3, Issue , 2003, Pages

  Andersson, Jan O ^a,b   Roger, Andrew J ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUKARYOTA; LANGAT VIRUS; PROKARYOTA; PROTISTA;

EID: 2942620629     PISSN: 14712148     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-3-14     Document Type: Article

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