PCP Gene Family in Symbiodinium from Hippopus hippopus: Low Levels of Concerted Evolution, Isoform Diversity, and Spectral Tuning of Chromophores

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2143-2154

  Reichman, Jay R ^a   Wilcox, Thomas P ^a   Vize, Peter D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Concerted evolution; Dinoflagellate; Gene family; PCP; Peridinin; Symbiodinium

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; PERIDININ CHLOROPHYLL A BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIVALVE; CHROMATOPHORE; DINOFLAGELLATE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HIPPOPUS HIPPOPUS; ISOELECTRIC POINT; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SYMBIODINIUM;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; CAROTENOIDS; DINOFLAGELLIDA; EVOLUTION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; ISOELECTRIC POINT; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOLLUSCA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SYMBIOSIS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

AMPHIDINIUM; AMPHIDINIUM CARTERAE; BIVALVIA; DINOPHYCEAE; GONYAULAX POLYEDRA; HETEROCAPSA; HETEROCAPSA PYGMAEA; HIPPOPUS HIPPOPUS; LINGULODINIUM; SYMBIODINIUM;

EID: 0347356451     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msg233     Document Type: Article

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