The plastid genome of the cryptophyte alga, Guillardia theta: Complete sequence and conserved synteny groups confirm its common ancestry with red algae

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 236-244

  Douglas, Susan E ^a   Penny, Susanne L ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Algae; Cryptophyte; DNA sequence; Endosymbiosis; Evolution; Genome; Plastid

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; GENOME; HYPOTHESIS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLASTID; RED ALGA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ALGAE; ALGAE, RED; CELL DIVISION; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME, PLANT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASTIDS; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RNA, RIBOSOMAL;

ALGAE; CRYPTOPHYTA; GUILLARDIA THETA; PORPHYRA PURPUREA; RHODOPHYTA; SYNECHOCYSTIS;

EID: 0032900424     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00006462     Document Type: Article

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