Origin and evolution of metabolic pathways

Physics of Life Reviews

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 23-52

  Fani, Renato ^a   Fondi, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gene duplication; Histidine biosynthesis; Nitrogen fixation; Patchwork hypothesis

Indexed keywords

AMINES; AMINO ACIDS; BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENES; METABOLISM; NITROGEN; ORGANIC ACIDS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PROGRAMMING THEORY;

ARCHAEA; COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; DIRECTED EVOLUTIONS; EUKARYA; EXOGENOUS SOURCES; GENE DUPLICATION; GENES CODING; GENETIC MATERIALS; HETEROTROPHIC CELLS; HISTIDINE BIOSYNTHESIS; METABOLIC PATHWAYS; METABOLIC ROUTES; MOLECULAR MECHANISMS; PATCHWORK HYPOTHESIS; PREBIOTIC; SELECTIVE PRESSURES;

NITROGEN FIXATION;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA;

EID: 59049093822     PISSN: 15710645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plrev.2008.12.003     Document Type: Review

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