The complete chloroplast genome of the chlorarachniophyte Bigelowiella natans: Evidence for independent origins of chlorarachniophyte and euglenid secondary endosymbionts

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 54-62

  Rogers, Matthew B ^a   Gilson, Paul R ^b   Su, Vanessa ^c   McFadden, Geoffrey I ^c   Keeling, Patrick J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b WALTER AND ELIZA HALL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chlorarachniophyte; Endosymbiosis; Genome; Phylogeny; Plastid

Indexed keywords

PNEUMOCOCCAL SURFACE ADHESIN A; PNEUMOCOCCAL SURFACE ADHESIN B; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; RIBOSOME RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIGELOWIELLA NATAN; CHLORARACHNIOPHYTE; CHLOROPLAST GENETICS; CHROMOSOME INVERSION; CLADISTICS; ENDOSYMBIONT; EUGLENA; EVOLUTION; FLAGELLATE; FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS; GENE CLUSTER; GENE LOSS; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TRANSLOCATION; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GENOME; GREEN ALGA; HYPOTHESIS; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENY; PLASTID;

ALGAE, GREEN; ANIMALS; CHLOROPLASTS; EUGLENIDA; GENOME; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, TRANSFER; SYMBIOSIS;

ALGAE; BIGELOWIELLA NATANS; CABOZOA; CERCOZOA; CHLORARACHNIOPHYCEAE; CHLOROPHYTA; EUGLENA; EUGLENIDA;

EID: 33845891330     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msl129     Document Type: Article

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