New insights into the nature and phylogeny of prasinophyte antenna proteins: Ostreococcus tauri, a case study

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 2217-2230

  Six, Christophe ^a   Worden, Alexandra Z ^b   Rodríguez, Francisco ^a   Moreau, Hervé ^c   Partensky, Frédéric ^a  

^a STATION BIOLOGIQUE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c LABORATOIRE ARAGO   (France)

Author keywords

Evolution; Light harvesting complex; Ostreococcus tauri; Phylogeny; Prasinophyceae

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; CHLOROPHYLL; CHLOROPHYLL A; CHLOROPHYLL B; CHLOROPHYLL C; PORPHYRIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CLADISTICS; EUKARYOTE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; GREEN ALGA; LIGHT HARVESTING SYSTEM; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRASINOPHYTE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS;

ALGAE, GREEN; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LIGHT-HARVESTING PROTEIN COMPLEXES; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; THYLAKOIDS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

CHLOROPHYTA; EMBRYOPHYTA; MAMIELLALES; MANTONIELLA SQUAMATA; OSTREOCOCCUS TAURI; PRASINOPHYCEAE;

EID: 26444574927     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msi220     Document Type: Article

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