Cell evolution and the problem of membrane topology

Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1018-1024

  Griffiths, Gareth ^a  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CARBOXYLIC ACID; DNA; FATTY ACID; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; PHOSPHOLIPID; RNA;

BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL STRUCTURE; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; CYTOPLASM; CYTOSKELETON; DNA SEQUENCE; ENDOCYTOSIS; GENOME ANALYSIS; LIPID VESICLE; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; MICROTUBULE; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; CELLS; CYTOPLASM; EVOLUTION;

EID: 36448945794     PISSN: 14710072     EISSN: 14710080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrm2287     Document Type: Review

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