Single gene circles in dinoflagellate chloroplast genomes

Nature

Volumn 400, Issue 6740, 1999, Pages 155-159

  Zhang, Zhaoduo ^a   Green, B R ^a   Cavalier Smith, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; DINOFLAGELLATE; RED ALGA; RED TIDE;

ARTICLE; CHLOROPLAST; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; DINOFLAGELLATE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHLOROPLASTS; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; DINOFLAGELLIDA; DNA, CIRCULAR; DNA, PROTOZOAN; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME, PROTOZOAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SYMBIOSIS;

ALGAE; DINOPHYCEAE; EUKARYOTA; HETEROCAPSA TRIQUETRA; RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 0033536215     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/22099     Document Type: Article

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