On the Archaeal Origins of Eukaryotes and the Challenges of Inferring Phenotype from Genotype

Trends in Cell Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 476-485

  Dey, Gautam ^a   Thattai, Mukund ^b   Baum, Buzz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Eukaryogenesis; Evolution; GTPase; Lokiarchaeum

Indexed keywords

GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE;

ARCHAEON; BACTERIAL GENE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CYTOARCHITECTURE; ENZYME MODIFICATION; EUKARYOTIC CELL; GENETIC CODE; GENOME; GENOTYPE; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPOGENESIS; LOKIARCHAEUM; MITOCHONDRION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE; REVIEW; STATIC ELECTRICITY; BACTERIUM; EUKARYOTE; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; EUKARYOTA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME; GENOTYPE; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 84974696661     PISSN: 09628924     EISSN: 18793088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tcb.2016.03.009     Document Type: Review

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