What Entamoeba histolytica and Giardia lamblia tell us about the evolution of eukaryotic diversity

Journal of Biosciences

Volumn 27, Issue 6 SUPPL. 3, 2002, Pages 559-565

  Samuelson, J ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyst wall; Evolution; Lateral gene transfer; Mitochondrion derived organelle; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; LECTIN;

EUKARYOTE; EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL ORGANELLE; CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; EUKARYOTE EVOLUTION; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC CODE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; INSECT; INTRON; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROTUBULE; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE RAS; PROKARYOTE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; EUKARYOTA; GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LANGAT VIRUS; PROKARYOTA; PROTISTA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0036860294     PISSN: 02505991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02704848     Document Type: Article

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