A transcriptional fusion of genes encoding glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) and enolase in dinoflagellates

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 343-348

  Takishita, Kiyotaka ^a   Patron, Nicola J ^b   Ishida, Ken Ichiro ^c   Maruyama, Tadashi ^a   Keeling, Patrick J ^b  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alveolates; Eukaryotes; Evolution; Gene fusion; Insertion; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

CILIATE; DINOFLAGELLATE CYST; ENZYME; GENETIC STRUCTURE; PHYLOGENY;

APICOMPLEXA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHLORARACHNIOPHYCEAE; CILIOPHORA; DINOPHYCEAE; EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; HAPTOPHYCEAE; OOMYCETES; STRAMENOPILES;

ENOLASE; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DINOFLAGELLATE; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DINOFLAGELLIDA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GLYCERALDEHYDE-3-PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOSPHOPYRUVATE HYDRATASE; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 27244455927     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: 15507408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2005.00042x     Document Type: Article

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