Early bioenergetic evolution

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 368, Issue 1622, 2013, Pages

  Sousa, Filipa L ^a   Thiergart, Thorsten ^a   Landan, Giddy ^a   Nelson Sathi, Shijulal ^a   Pereira, Inês A C ^b   Allen, John F ^c,d   Lane, Nick ^d   Martin, William F ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acetogens; Hydrothermal vents; Methanogens; Origin of life; Sulfate reducers; Transition metals

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; CARBON BUDGET; CARBON DIOXIDE; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; GEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; METABOLISM; ORIGIN OF LIFE;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA;

ACETYL COENZYME A;

ENERGY METABOLISM; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACETYL COENZYME A; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; ENERGY METABOLISM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HYDROTHERMAL VENTS;

EID: 84890042195     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2013.0088     Document Type: Review

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