Genomes at the interface between bacteria and organelles

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 358, Issue 1429, 2003, Pages 5-18

  Douglas, Angela E ^a   Raven, John A ^b   Horner, D ^c   Cavalier Smith, T ^d   Martin, W ^e   Herrmann, R G ^f   Allen, J F ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^g LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Buchnera; Cyanobacteria; Gene transfer; Plastids; Wolbachia

Indexed keywords

EUKARYOTE; EVOLUTION; GENOME;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; EUKARYOTA; GLAUCOCYSTOPHYCEAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; PROKARYOTA; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 0037471679     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2002.1188     Document Type: Conference Paper

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