Phylogenomics supports a cellularly structured urancestor

Journal of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 23, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 178-191

  Seufferheld, Manfredo J ^a   Caetano Anollés, Gustavo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Acidocalcisome organelles; Cellular compartments; Origin of life; P loop hydrolases; Polyphosphate; Protein structure; Pyrophosphate world; Ribonucleoprotein world; Vacuolar pyrophosphatases; Volutin granules

Indexed keywords

POLYPHOSPHATE; PYROPHOSPHATE; THIOESTER;

ARTICLE; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL ORGANELLE; CELL STRUCTURE; ENERGY RESOURCE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROFOSSIL; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENOMICS; PHYLOGENY; BIODIVERSITY; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR CLOCK; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; PRECAMBRIAN; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; BIOGENESIS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CELL COMPARTMENTATION; CELL MEMBRANE; ENERGY METABOLISM; EUKARYOTA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOMICS; ORGANELLES; PHYLOGENY;

MIRIDAE;

EID: 84876800419     PISSN: 14641801     EISSN: 16602412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000346552     Document Type: Article

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