A clade uniting the green algae Mesostigma viride and Chlorokybus atmophyticus represents the deepest branch of the Streptophyta in chloroplast genome-based phylogenies

BMC Biology

Volumn 5, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Lemieux, Claude ^a   Otis, Christian ^a   Turmel, Monique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEOTIDE; PLANT DNA; ALGAL PROTEIN; CHLOROPLAST DNA;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; CHLOROKYBUS ATMOPHYTICUS; CHLOROPLAST; CLADISTICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC CODE; GENOME ANALYSIS; GREEN ALGA; MESOSTIGMA VIRIDE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT GENETICS; PLANT TAXONOMY; PREDICTION; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; SISTER GROUP; TREE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS;

ALGAE; CHAROPHYCEAE; CHLOROKYBALES; CHLOROKYBUS; CHLOROKYBUS ATMOPHYTICUS; CHLOROPHYTA; EMBRYOPHYTA; MESOSTIGMA; MESOSTIGMA VIRIDE; MESOSTIGMATALES; STREPTOPHYTA; VIRIDIPLANTAE;

ALGAL PROTEINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CHLOROPHYTA; DNA, CHLOROPLAST; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 33846849230     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1741-7007-5-2     Document Type: Article

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