Ribosomal RNA sequence suggests microsporidia are extremely ancient eukaryotes

Nature

Volumn 326, Issue 6111, 1987, Pages 411-414

  Vossbrinck, C R ^a,b   Maddox, J V ^a   Friedman, S ^b   Debrunner Vossbrinck, B A ^b   Woese, C R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

EVOLUTION; HEREDITY; MICROSPORUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOON; TAXONOMY;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; EVOLUTION; MITOCHONDRIA; PHYLOGENY; PROTOZOA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

ANNELIDA; ARTHROPODA; CILIOPHORA; CNIDARIA; EUKARYOTA; GREGARINIA; MICROSPORIDIA; MICROSPORIDIUM; MICROSPORUM; MOLLUSCA; MYXOSPOREA; NEMATODA; PROKARYOTA; PROTISTA; PROTOZOA; VAIRIMORPHA NECATRIX; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0023150599     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/326411a0     Document Type: Article

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