The nature of the universal ancestor and the evolution of the proteome

Authors
Doolittle, WF
Citation
Wf. Doolittle, The nature of the universal ancestor and the evolution of the proteome, CURR OP STR, 10(3), 2000, pp. 355-358
Citations number
38
Categorie Soggetti
Biochemistry & Biophysics
Journal title
CURRENT OPINION IN STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY
ISSN journal
0959440X → ACNP
Volume
10
Issue
3
Year of publication
2000
Pages
355 - 358
Database
ISI
SICI code
0959-440X(200006)10:3<355:TNOTUA>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
The past year has seen several attempts to reconstruct the proteome of the universal ancestor of all life on the basis of comparisons of contempory ge nomes. However, increasing evidence for lateral gene transfer could mean th at such attempts are based on an incorrect understanding of evolution.