The early evolution of lipid membranes and the three domains of life

Nature Reviews Microbiology

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 507-515

  Lombard, Jonathan ^a   López García, Purificación ^a   Moreira, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCEROPHOSPHATE; PHOSPHOLIPID;

ARCHAEON; BACTERIUM; CELL DIVISION; ENDOSYMBIOSIS; EUKARYOTIC CELL; LAST COMMON ANCESTOR; LIPID MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHOSPHOLIPID SYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENOMICS; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CELL MEMBRANE; EUKARYOTA; PHOSPHOLIPIDS;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 84862506762     PISSN: 17401526     EISSN: 17401534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrmicro2815     Document Type: Note

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