Nucleus-to-nucleus gene transfer and protein retargeting into a remnant cytoplasm of cryptophytes and diatoms

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2413-2422

  Gould, Sven B ^a,d   Sommer, Maik S ^a   Kroth, Peter G ^b   Gile, Gillian H ^c   Keeling, Patrick J ^c   Maier, Uwe G ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chromists; Complex plastids; Endosymbiosis; Gene transfer; Periplastid compartment; Protein transport

Indexed keywords

ELONGATION FACTOR 1ALPHA; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DIATOM; EUKARYOTE; GENE LOCATION; GENE TRANSFER; GULLLARDIA THETA; NONHUMAN; PHEODACTYLUM TRICORNUTUM; PLASTID; PROTEIN TARGETING; RED ALGA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CELL NUCLEUS; CRYPTOPHYTA; CYTOPLASM; DIATOMS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORGANELLES; PHYLOGENY; PLASTIDS; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHROMISTA; CRYPTOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; GUILLARDIA THETA; PHAEODACTYLUM TRICORNUTUM; RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 33750939263     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msl113     Document Type: Article

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