The origin of eukaryotes: A reappraisal

Nature Reviews Genetics

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 395-403

  De Duve, Christian ^a,b  

^a DE DUVE INSTITUTE   (Belgium)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; HYDROGEN; MESSENGER RNA; OXYGEN; RNA;

ADAPTATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CYTOSKELETON; ENDOCYTOSIS; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; ENDOSYMBIONT; ENDOSYMBIOSIS; EUKARYOTIC CELL; HOST; HYPOTHESIS; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; PEROXISOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTIC CELL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL NUCLEUS; CHIMERISM; CYTOSKELETON; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; EVOLUTION; HUMANS; HYDROGEN; MITOCHONDRIA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 34247180015     PISSN: 14710056     EISSN: 14710064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrg2071     Document Type: Review

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