The evolutionary paths towards complexity: A metabolic perspective

New Phytologist

Volumn 201, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1141-1149

  Weng, Jing Ke ^a  

^a WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Catalytic promiscuity; Convergent evolution; Divergent evolution; Enzyme evolvability; Parallel evolution; Pathway assembly; Specialized metabolism

Indexed keywords

BIOCATALYSIS; ENZYMOLOGY; EVOLUTION; METABOLISM; PHYLOGENY; PLANT; REVIEW;

BIOCATALYSIS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; PHYLOGENY; PLANTS;

EID: 84893343467     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.12416     Document Type: Review

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