The non-photosynthetic, pathogenic green alga Helicosporidium sp. has retained a modified, functional plastid genome

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 233, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 153-157

  Tartar, Aurélien ^a   Boucias, Drion G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Genome reduction; Green algae; Helicosporidium; Pathogen; Plastid genome

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME PROTEIN;

ALGAL GENETICS; ARTICLE; CELL ORGANELLE; CHLORELLA; CHLORELLA VULGARIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MODIFICATION; DNA TRANSPOSITION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOSS; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME; GENOME ANALYSIS; GREEN ALGA; HELICOSPORIDIUM; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLASTID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOTHECA WICKERHAMII; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYNAPOMORPHY;

ALGAE, GREEN; ALGAL PROTEINS; CHLORELLA; DNA; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENOME; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASTIDS; PROTOTHECA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIBOSOMAL PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ALGAE; CHLORELLA VULGARIS; CHLOROPHYTA; HELICOSPORIDIUM; PROTISTA; PROTOTHECA; PROTOTHECA WICKERHAMII; TREBOUXIOPHYCEAE;

EID: 1642338762     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.femsle.2004.02.006     Document Type: Article

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