The origin and evolution of Archaea: A state of the art

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 361, Issue 1470, 2006, Pages 1007-1022

  Gribaldo, Simonetta ^a   Brochier Armanet, Celine ^b  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Archaea; Evolution; Hyperthermophyly; Methanogenesis; Nanoarchaeum; Phylogenomics

Indexed keywords

BIOTA; EVOLUTION; METHANOGENESIS; SURVIVAL;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CRENARCHAEOTA; EUKARYOTA; EURYARCHAEOTA; NANOARCHAEOTA; NANOARCHAEUM;

NUCLEAR PROTEIN; RIBOSOME PROTEIN; RIBOSOME RNA; SIGNAL RECOGNITION PARTICLE;

CRENARCHAEOTA; EURYARCHAEOTA; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; REVIEW;

CRENARCHAEOTA; EURYARCHAEOTA; EVOLUTION; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PHYLOGENY; RIBOSOMAL PROTEINS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; SIGNAL RECOGNITION PARTICLE;

EID: 33747783953     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2006.1841     Document Type: Review

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