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- Title
Archaeal genetics - the third way.
- Authors
Allers, Thorsten; Mevarech, Moshe
- Abstract
For decades, archaea were misclassified as bacteria because of their prokaryotic morphology. Molecular phylogeny eventually revealed that archaea, like bacteria and eukaryotes, are a fundamentally distinct domain of life. Genome analyses have confirmed that archaea share many features with eukaryotes, particularly in information processing, and therefore can serve as streamlined models for understanding eukaryotic biology. Biochemists and structural biologists have embraced the study of archaea but geneticists have been more wary, despite the fact that genetic techniques for archaea are quite sophisticated. It is time for geneticists to start asking fundamental questions about our distant relatives.
- Publication
Nature reviews. Genetics, 2005, Vol 6, Issue 1, p58
- ISSN
1471-0056
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1038/nrg1504