The origins of cellular life

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 27-41

  Koonin, Eugene V ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cellular organization; Membrane evolution; RNA World; Selfish elements; Viruses

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; GENOMIC RNA; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL CYCLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SELECTION; DNA REPLICATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENOME ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; VIRAL GENETICS; BACTERIA; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; VIRUS;

BACTERIA; BIOGENESIS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; DNA REPLICATION; VIRUSES;

EID: 84903952051     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: 15729699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10482-014-0169-5     Document Type: Article

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