The Singular Quest for a Universal Tree of Life

Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 541-550

  Sapp, Jan ^a   Fox, George E ^b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b University of Houston   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIETHYLAMINOETHYL CELLULOSE; RIBONUCLEASE T1; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 16S; RNA 5S; SMALL SUBUNIT RIBOSOMAL RNA;

ARCHAEAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GENOME; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMOSOME; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; CYANOBACTERIUM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EMBRYOLOGY; ENDOSYMBIOSIS; EUKARYOTIC CELL; EVOLUTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CODE; GENOME ANALYSIS; HALOPHILE; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; METHANOGEN; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; PHYLOGENY; PROGENOTE; REVIEW; RICKETTSIA; RNA ISOLATION; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA STRUCTURE; SMALL RIBOSOMAL SUBUNIT; SULFOLOBUS; SYMBIOSIS; THERMOPLASMA; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; TREE OF LIFE; TWO DIMENSIONAL ELECTROPHORESIS;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL;

EID: 84890509838     PISSN: 10922172     EISSN: 10985557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MMBR.00038-13     Document Type: Review

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