A cyanobacterial gene in nonphotosynthetic protists - An early chloroplast acquisition in eukaryotes?

Current Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 115-119

  Andersson, Jan O ^a   Roger, Andrew J ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APICOMPLEXA; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; CYANOBACTERIA; EUKARYOTA; HETEROLOBOSEA; PROTISTA;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CHLOROPLAST; CLASSIFICATION; CYANOBACTERIUM; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENY;

ARABIDOPSIS; CHLOROPLASTS; CYANOBACTERIA; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 0037154011     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(01)00649-2     Document Type: Article

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