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Structure and function of isozymes: evolutionary aspects and role of oxygen in eucaryotic organisms
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Satyanarayana, T. |
| Copyright Year | 1985 |
| Description | Oxygen is not only one of the most abundant elements on the Earth, but it is also one of the most important elements for life. In terms of composition, the feature of the atmosphere that most distinguishes Earth from other planets is the presence of abundant amounts of oxygen. The first forms of life may have been similar to present day anaerobic bacteria such as clostridium. The relationship between prokaryotes and eukaryotes, if any, has been a topic of much speculation. With only a few exceptions eukaryotes are oxygen-utilizing organisms. This research eukaryotes or eukaryotic biochemical processes requiring oxygen, could have arisen quite early in evolution and utilized the small quantities of photocatalytically produced oxygen which are thought to have been present on the Earth prior to the evolution of massive amounts of photosynthetically-produced oxygen. |
| File Size | 727519 |
| Page Count | 12 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19860002364 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t43r5r76f |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1985-09-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Clostridium Microorganisms Oxygen Eukaryotes Anaerobes Cells Biology Prokaryotes Biochemistry Synthesis Chemistry Metabolism Photosynthesis Earth Planet Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |
