The secondary endosymbiont of the cryptomonad Guillardia theta contains alpha-, beta-, and gamma-tubulin genes

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1308-1313

  Keeling, Patrick J ^c   Deane, James A ^e   Hink Schauer, Clara ^a   Douglas, Susan E ^b   Maier, Uwe G ^e   McFadden, Geoffrey I ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Cryptomonad; Cyanophora paradoxa; Goniomonas truncata; Guillardia theta; Nucleomorph; Tubulin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TUBULIN; BETA TUBULIN;

ARTICLE; CYTOSKELETON; EUKARYOTE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PHYTOPLANKTON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ALGAE; CRYPTOPHYTA; CYANOPHORA; CYANOPHORA PARADOXA; EUKARYOTA; GONIOMONAS; GONIOMONAS TRUNCATA; GUILLARDIA THETA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); PROTOZOA; RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 0032819620     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a026221     Document Type: Article

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