A phylogenomic investigation into the origin of Metazoa

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 664-672

  Ruiz Trillo, Iñaki ^a,b   Roger, Andrew J ^a   Burger, Gertraud ^c   Gray, Michael W ^a   Lang, B Franz ^c  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

MAGI; Metazoa; Multicellularity; Opisthokonts; Phylogenomics

Indexed keywords

GUANYLATE KINASE;

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; AMOEBA; AMOEBIDIUM PARASITICUM; ARTICLE; CAPSASPORA OWCZARZAKI; CELL COMMUNICATION; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; FLAGELLATE; GENOME ANALYSIS; MASTIGAMOEBA BALAMUTHI; METAZOON; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MONOSIGA OVATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTISTAN COMMUNITY; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SPHAEROFORMA ARCTICA; TIGHT JUNCTION;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTOZOA; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS;

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; AMOEBIDIUM PARASITICUM; AMOEBOZOA; CAPSASPORA; CAPSASPORA OWCZARZAKI; CHOANOFLAGELLIDA; FUNGI/METAZOA GROUP; ICHTHYOSPOREA; MASTIGAMOEBA BALAMUTHI; METAZOA; MONOSIGA OVATA; PROTISTA; SPHAEROFORMA ARCTICA;

EID: 40849104855     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msn006     Document Type: Article

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