Principles of protein and lipid targeting in secondary symbiogenesis: Euglenoid, dinoflagellate, and sporozoan plastid origins and the eukaryote family tree

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 347-366

  Cavalier Smith, Tom ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alveolata; Chromista; Discicristata; Euglenozoa; Loukozoa; Neozoa; Percolozoa; Plast id envelope; Protein targeting; Protozoa; Retaria; Sporozoa

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; EVOLUTION; GENE TRANSFER; LIPID TARGETING; PLASTID; PROTEIN TARGETING; SYMBIOGENESIS;

EID: 0032838597     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.1999.tb04614.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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