The last universal common ancestor (LUCA) and the ancestors of archaea and bacteria were progenotes

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 119-126

  Di Giulio, Massimo ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND BIOPHYSICS ADRIANO BUZZATI TRAVERSO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biosynthetic pathways on tRNAs; Evolutionary stages; Evolutionary transitions; Genote; Late appearance of DNA; Nanoarchaeum equitans; Paleokaryote; Progenote; tRNA split genes

Indexed keywords

FMET TRNA(FMET); FMET-TRNA(FMET); METHIONINE TRANSFER RNA;

ARCHAEAL GENE; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM; EVOLUTION; GENE; GENETICS; INTRON; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NANOARCHAEOTA; PHYLOGENY;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES; GENES, ARCHAEAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; INTRONS; NANOARCHAEOTA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, TRANSFER, MET;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NANOARCHAEUM EQUITANS;

EID: 79951669901     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-010-9407-2     Document Type: Article

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