The universal tree of life: An update

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue JUN, 2015, Pages

  Forterre, Patrick ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Archaea; Bacteria; Eukarya; Evolution; LUCA; Universal tree

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING); PROTON TRANSPORTING ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; RIBOSOME DNA; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA POLYMERASE; TRANSFER RNA;

ARCHAEON; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIVISION; DNA REPLICATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENDOSYMBIOSIS; EUKARYOTE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; LIFE CYCLE; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENOMICS; PLANT TAXONOMY; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE;

EUKARYOTA; EURYARCHAEOTA;

EID: 84937109171     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00717     Document Type: Article

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