Nucleomorph genomes: Much ado about practically nothing

Genome Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 8, 2001, Pages

  Gilson, P R ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLANT DNA;

ALGA; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL STRUCTURE; CHLOROPLAST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; EUKARYOTE; GENOME; GUILLARDIA THETA; HOST CELL; INTRON; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SYMBIOSIS;

ALGAE, GREEN; ANIMALS; CHROMOSOMES; DNA, CHLOROPLAST; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME; INTRONS; SEQUENCE DELETION; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 0034888792     PISSN: 14656906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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