Jumping genes and shrinking genomes - Probing the evolution of eukaryotic photosynthesis with genomics

IUBMB Life

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 539-547

  Archibald, John M ^a,b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Algae; Chloroplasts; Endosymbiosis; Evolution; Gene transfer; Genomics; Plastids

Indexed keywords

DNA; FRUCTOSE BISPHOSPHATE ALDOLASE; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; PHOSPHOGLYCERATE KINASE;

ALGA; APICOMPLEXA; ARABIDOPSIS; CARBON CYCLING; CARBON DIOXIDE FIXATION; CELL ORGANELLE; CHLOROPLAST; CRYPTOPHYTA; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DIATOM; DINOFLAGELLATE; ENDOSYMBIOSIS; EUKARYOTE; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; GENE FLOW; GENE TRANSFER; GENOME; GENOMICS; GLYCOLYSIS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASTID; REVIEW; THYLAKOID;

ALGAE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOMICS; INTERSPERSED REPETITIVE SEQUENCES; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENY; SYMBIOSIS;

ALGAE; CYANOBACTERIA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 25144471592     PISSN: 15216543     EISSN: 15216551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15216540500167732     Document Type: Review

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