The origin of eukaryotes is suggested as the symbiosis of pyrococcus into γ-proteobacteria by phylogenetic tree based on gene content

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 609-619

  Horiike, Tokumasa ^a   Hamada, Kazuo ^b   Miyata, Daisuke ^c   Shinozawa, Takao ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

^b WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c RISSHO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Eukaryote; Gene content; Nucleus symbiosis; Origin; Phylogenetic tree

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUKARYOTE; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GENE DUPLICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; ORTHOLOGY; PARALOGY; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PYROCOCCUS; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA SEQUENCE; SYMBIOSIS; CYTOLOGY; EUKARYOTIC CELL; GENETICS; GENOME; MOSAICISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; PROTEOBACTERIA; PYROCOCCUS;

EUKARYOTIC CELLS; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GENOME; MOSAICISM; OPEN READING FRAMES; PHYLOGENY; PYROCOCCUS; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 16444372420     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-004-2652-5     Document Type: Article

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