Very little intron gain in Entamoeba histolytica genes laterally transferred from prokaryotes

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1824-1827

  Roy, Scott William ^a   Irimia, Manuel ^a   Penny, David ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Genome annotation; Genome complexity; Intron gain; Lateral gene transfer; Parasite evolution

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; GENETIC GAIN; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; INTRON; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PREDICTION; PROKARYOTE; PROTOZOAL GENETICS; SPLICEOSOME; TIME;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENES, PROTOZOAN; INTRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROKARYOTIC CELLS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENTAMOEBA INVADENS; PROKARYOTA; REPTILIA;

EID: 33748797692     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msl061     Document Type: Article

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