A minimal estimate for the gene content of the last universal common ancestor--exobiology from a terrestrial perspective.

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Published in Res Microbiol on December 19, 2005

Authors

Christos A Ouzounis1, Victor Kunin, Nikos Darzentas, Leon Goldovsky

Author Affiliations

1: Computational Genomics Group, The European Bioinformatics Institute, EMBL Cambridge Outstation, Cambridge CB10 1SD, UK. cao@ebi.ac.uk

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