Jam packed genomes - A preliminary, comparative analysis of nucleomorphs

Genetica

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 13-28

  Gilson, Paul R ^a   McFadden, Geoffrey I ^b  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

C value enigma; Chlorarachniophyte; Chloroplast; Cryptomonad; Endosymbiosis; Intron; Mitosis; Nucleomorph; Photosynthesis; Secondary plastid; Telomere; Transposable element

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CHROMOSOMES; EVOLUTION; MICRONUCLEI; MITOSIS; PLASTIDS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSLATION, GENETIC; MICRONUCLEI, CHROMOSOME-DEFECTIVE; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS;

ALGAE; CHLORARACHNIOPHYCEAE; CRYPTOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; GUILLARDIA THETA; PROTISTA; TRANSPOSONS;

ALGA; CHROMOSOME; EVOLUTION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; MICRONUCLEUS; MITOSIS; PLASTID; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW;

EID: 0036021692     PISSN: 00166707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1016011812442     Document Type: Article

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