Evolution of reduced prokaryotic genomes and the minimal cell concept: Variations on a theme

BioEssays

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 281-287

  Delaye, Luis ^a,b   Moya, Andrés ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

Author keywords

Comparative genomics; Endosymbiosis; Genome reduction; Minimal cell; Paleome

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGY; CELL DESTRUCTION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL ORGANELLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENDOSYMBIONT; ENVIRONMENT; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; LIFE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PROKARYOTIC CELL; REVIEW; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY;

BASE COMPOSITION; CELLS; EVOLUTION; GENOME; GENOMICS; PROKARYOTIC CELLS; SYMBIOSIS;

PROKARYOTA;

EID: 77950452960     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: 15211878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.200900161     Document Type: Review

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