The complete plastid genome sequence of the parasitic green alga Helicosporidium sp. is highly reduced and structured

BMC Biology

Volumn 4, Issue , 2006, Pages

  de Koning, Audrey P ^a   Keeling, Patrick J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLANT DNA; SPACER DNA; TRANSFER RNA;

APICOPLAST; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE LOSS; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GREEN ALGA; INTRON; METABOLIC REGULATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR SIZE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT GENETICS; PLASTID; RNA TRANSLATION; CHROMOSOME MAP; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; GENOME; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ALGAE; APICOMPLEXA; CHLOROPHYTA; HELICOSPORIDIUM;

CHLOROPHYTA; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES; GENOME; INTRONS; OPEN READING FRAMES; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLASTIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, TRANSFER; SELECTION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 33646695266     PISSN: 17417007     EISSN: 17417007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1741-7007-4-12     Document Type: Article

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