Evolution of the archaea: Emerging views on origins and phylogeny

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 162, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 92-98

  Fournier, Gregory P ^a   Dick, Amanda A ^b   Williams, David ^b   Gogarten, J Peter ^b  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Archaea; Eocyte; Eukaryogenesis; Tree of life

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; EUKARYOTE; EVOLUTION; GENE TRANSFER; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ARCHAEA; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; EUKARYOTA; PHYLOGENY; RIBOSOMES;

CRENARCHAEOTA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 78751584891     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: 17697123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2010.09.016     Document Type: Article

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