Did group II intron proliferation in an endosymbiont-bearing archaeon create eukaryotes?

Biology Direct

Volumn 1, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Poole, Anthony M ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA;

EID: 34248176743     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17456150     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-6150-1-36     Document Type: Note

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