The archaeal 'TACK' superphylum and the origin of eukaryotes

Trends in Microbiology

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 580-587

  Guy, Lionel ^a   Ettema, Thijs J G ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN FILAMENT; AIGARCHAEOTA; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; CELL LINEAGE; CELL SHAPE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CRENARCHAEOTA; CYTOKINESIS; EUKARYOTE; EUKARYOTIC CELL; FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS; KORARCHAEOTA; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENOMICS; PHYLUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING; REVIEW; THAUMARCHAEOTA;

ARCHAEA; EUKARYOTA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; PHYLOGENY;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CRENARCHAEOTA; EUKARYOTA; KORARCHAEOTA;

EID: 82355180998     PISSN: 0966842X     EISSN: 18784380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2011.09.002     Document Type: Review

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