Presence of a bacterial-like citrate synthase gene in Tetrahymena thermophila: Recent lateral gene transfers (LGT) or multiple gene losses subsequent to a single ancient LGT?

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 540-549

  Mukai, Atsushi ^a   Endoh, Hiroshi ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ciliate; Citrate synthase; Glyoxylate cycle; Glyoxysome; Lateral gene transfer; Peroxysomal targeting sequence; Peroxysome; Protist; Tetrahymena thermophila

Indexed keywords

CITRATE SYNTHASE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CHLOROBIUM; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; EUKARYOTE; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOSS; GENE SEQUENCE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEROXISOME; PHYLOGENY; SIGNAL DETECTION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TETRAHYMENA; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CITRATE (SI)-SYNTHASE; DNA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RECEPTORS, CYTOPLASMIC AND NUCLEAR; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

ACRASIDA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLOROBIUM; CILIOPHORA; EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; LANGAT VIRUS; MYXOGASTRIA; MYXOZOA; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; PROTEOBACTERIA; PROTISTA; PROTOZOA; TETRAHYMENA PYRIFORMIS; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

EID: 2342602972     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-003-2576-5     Document Type: Article

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