A novel polyubiquitin structure in Cercozoa and Foraminifera: Evidence for a new eukaryotic supergroup

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 62-66

  Archibald, John M ^a   Longet, David ^b   Pawlowski, Jan ^b   Keeling, Patrick J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cercozoa; Eukaryotes; Foraminifera; Polyubiquitin genes

Indexed keywords

POLYUBIQUITIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUKARYOTE; FORAMINIFER; GENE INSERTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTOZOON; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYTOMASTIGOPHOREA; POLYUBIQUITIN; PROTOZOA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

BIGELOWIELLA NATANS; CERCOMONAS; CERCOZOA; CHLORARACHNION; EUGLYPHA; EUKARYOTA; FORAMINIFERA; HAYNESINA; LOTHARELLA; PROTOZOA; RETICULOMYXA;

EID: 0037229220     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msg006     Document Type: Article

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