Mitochondrial genome evolution in the social amoebae

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1440-1450

  Heidel, Andrew J ^a   Glöckner, Gernot ^a  

^a FRITZ LIPMANN INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dictyostelium discoideum; Genetic codes; Mitochondrial genomes; Social amoebae

Indexed keywords

ENDONUCLEASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE DEHYDROGENASE; TRANSFER RNA;

AMOEBA (LIFE CYCLE STAGE); ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DICTYOSTELIUM; DICTYOSTELIUM CITRINUM; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; DICTYOSTELIUM FASCICULATUM; GENE DUPLICATION; GENETIC CODE; INTRON; MITOCHONDRIAL GENE; MITOCHONDRION; MOULD; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYSPHONDYLIUM PALLIDUM; SYNTENY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC CODE; GENOME, MITOCHONDRIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SARCODINA;

DICTYOSTELIUM; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; DICTYOSTELIUM FASCICULATUM; METAZOA; POLYSPHONDYLIUM PALLIDUM;

EID: 45849120142     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msn088     Document Type: Article

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