Microsporidia, amitochondrial protists, possess a 70-kDa heat shock protein gene of mitochondrial evolutionary origin

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 683-689

  Peyretaillade, Eric ^a   Broussolle, Véronique ^a   Peyret, Pierre ^a   Méténier, Guy ^a   Gouy, Manolo ^b   Vivarès, Christian P ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

Author keywords

Encephalitozoon cuniculi; Encephalitozoon hellem; HSP70; Microsporidia; Mitochondria; Molecular phylogeny

Indexed keywords

HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70;

ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; EVOLUTION; MICROSPORA; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTOZOON;

ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; ENCEPHALITOZOON HELLEM; MICROSPORIDIA; PROTEOBACTERIA; PROTISTA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0031867294     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a025971     Document Type: Article

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