Actin phylogeny identifies Mesostigma viride as a flagellate ancestor of the land plants

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 544-550

  Bhattacharya, Debashish ^a   Weber, Klaus ^b   An, Seon Sook ^a   Berning Koch, Wolfgang ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Actin; Chlorophyta; Green algae; Land plants; Mesostigma viride; Phylogeny; Prasinophyceae; Streptophyta

Indexed keywords

ACTIN;

ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; GREEN ALGA; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENY; PLANT GROWTH; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TAXONOMY;

ACTINS; ALGAE, GREEN; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 0031764595     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00006410     Document Type: Article

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