Actin phylogeny and intron distribution in Bangiophyte red algae (Rhodoplantae)

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 360-371

  Hoef Emden, Kerstin ^a   Shrestha, Roshan Prakash ^b   Lapidot, Miri ^b   Weinstein, Yacob ^b   Melkonian, Michael ^a   Arad, Shoshana ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Actin phylogeny; Bangiophyte; Florideophyceae; Gene duplication; Rhodoplantae; Spliceosomal introns

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; RIBOSOME DNA;

ALGAL GENETICS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL GENE; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; GLAUCOPHYTA; INTRON; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RED ALGA; REPRODUCTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPLICEOSOME;

ACTINS; ALGAE, RED; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENES, FUNGAL; GENOMICS; INTRONS; PHYLOGENY;

ALGAE; BANGIOPHYCEAE; CRYPTOPHYTA; FLORIDEOPHYCEAE; GLAUCOCYSTOPHYCEAE; METAZOA; RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 25144508568     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-004-0366-3     Document Type: Article

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