Rampant horizontal transfer and duplication of rubisco genes in eubacteria and plastids

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 873-882

  Delwiche, Charles F ^a,b   Palmer, Jeffrey D ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

chloroplast phylogeny; cyanobacteria; gene duplication; gene transfer; molecular phylogeny; mosaic evolution; proteobacteria; rbcL; ribulose 1,5 bisphosphate carboxylase; rubisco

Indexed keywords

RIBULOSEBISPHOSPHATE CARBOXYLASE;

ARTICLE; EUBACTERIUM; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE TRANSFER; PHYLOGENY; PLASTID;

EID: 0029897169     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a025647     Document Type: Article

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