Diversification of the microtubule system in the early stage of eukaryote evolution: Elongation factor 1α and α-tubulin protein phylogeny of termite symbiotic oxymonad and hypermastigote protists

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 6-16

  Moriya, Shigeharu ^a,b   Tanaka, Kentaro ^a,b   Ohkuma, Moriya ^a,b   Sugano, Sumio ^c   Kudo, Toshiaki ^a,b  

^a RIKEN   (Japan)

^b INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

cDNA amplification; Early evolution of eukaryotes; Elongation factor 1 ; Hypermastigotes; Microtubule; Oligo capping; Oxymonads; PCR; Protists; Tubulin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TUBULIN; ELONGATION FACTOR 1ALPHA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUKARYOTE; INSECT; MICROTUBULE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PROTOZOON;

ANIMALIA; DINENYMPHA EXILIS; DIPLOMONADIDA; EUKARYOTA; HYPERMASTIGIDA; INSECTA; ISOPTERA; OXYMONADIDA; PARABASALIDEA; PROTISTA; PROTOZOA; PYRSONYMPHA GRANDIS; RETICULITERMES SPERATUS; TRICHONYMPHA AGILIS;

EID: 0035144220     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002390010129     Document Type: Article

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