Editorial: Archaea and the Tree of Life

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 162, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-4

  Gribaldo, Simonetta ^a   Forterre, Patrick ^a,b   Brochier Armanet, Celine ^c,d  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^d CNRS and Aix Marseille University   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; BACTERIAL GENETICS; CELL DIVISION; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; EDITORIAL; EUKARYOTE; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; RNA DEGRADATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 78751575284     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: 17697123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2010.11.007     Document Type: Editorial

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