The deep Roots of the Rings of Life

Genome Biology and Evolution

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2440-2448

  Lake, James A ^a,b   Sinsheimer, Janet S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ether lipids; Genomes; Hypergeometric distributions; Indels; Photosynthesis; Sporulation

Indexed keywords

DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING); DNA TOPOISOMERASE IV; HYDROLASE; IMIDAZOLE GLYCEROL PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; PHOSPHOGLYCEROL GERANYLGERANYLTRANSFERASE; TRANSFERASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARCHAEON; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOGENESIS; ETHER LIPIDS; EUKARYOTE; EVOLUTION; GENE FLOW; GENETICS; GENOME; GENOMES; HYPERGEOMETRIC DISTRIBUTIONS; INDEL MUTATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENY; SPOROGENESIS;

ETHER LIPIDS; GENOMES; HYPERGEOMETRIC DISTRIBUTIONS; INDELS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SPORULATION;

ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINOHYDROLASES; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; BIOGENESIS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; DNA GYRASE; DNA TOPOISOMERASE IV; EUKARYOTA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE FLOW; GENOME; INDEL MUTATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 84892523176     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17596653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evt194     Document Type: Article

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