Microsporidia: Accumulating molecular evidence that a group of amitochondriate and suspectedly primitive eukaryotes are just curious fungi

Gene

Volumn 246, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 1-8

  Van De Peer, Yves ^a   Ben Ali, Abdelghani ^b   Meyer, Axel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Among site rate variation; Large subunit ribosomal RNA; Long branch attraction

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

CLASSIFICATION; EUKARYOTE; EVOLUTION; FUNGUS; MICROSPORIDA; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TECHNIQUE;

ANIMALS; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; FUNGI; MICROSPORIDA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL;

ARCHEZOA; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; MICROSPORIDIA;

EID: 0034603818     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(00)00063-9     Document Type: Review

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