Ancient gene duplication and differential gene flow in plastid lineages: The groEL/cpn60 example

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 112-117

  Wastl, Jürgen ^a   Fraunholz, Martin ^a   Zauner, Stefan ^a   Douglas, Susan ^b   Maier, Uwe G ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cpn60; Cryptomonad; Gene transfer; GroEL; Nucleomorph

Indexed keywords

CHAPERONIN;

ARTICLE; CHLOROPLAST; EUKARYOTE; FLAGELLATE; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; PLASTID;

ALGAE; CRYPTOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); SYNECHOCYSTIS; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP.;

EID: 0032902669     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00006438     Document Type: Article

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