Multiple Genes of Apparent Algal Origin Suggest Ciliates May Once Have Been Photosynthetic

Current Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 956-962

  Reyes Prieto, Adrian ^a   Moustafa, Ahmed ^a   Bhattacharya, Debashish ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

EVO_ECOL

Indexed keywords

ALGAL PROTEIN; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CYANOBACTERIUM; GENETICS; GENOME; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; PARAMECIUM TETRAURELIA; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENY; SYMBIOSIS; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

ALGAL PROTEINS; ANIMALS; CYANOBACTERIA; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENOME, PROTOZOAN; PARAMECIUM TETRAURELIA; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENY; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SYMBIOSIS; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

ALGAE; ALVEOLATA; APICOMPLEXA; CHROMALVEOLATA; CHROMISTA; CILIOPHORA; CRYPTOPHYTA; DINOPHYCEAE; EUKARYOTA; HAPTOPHYCEAE; OOMYCETES; PARAMECIUM TETRAURELIA; PLANTAE; PROKARYOTA; PROTISTA; STRAMENOPILES; TETRAHYMENA; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

EID: 45849124190     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2008.05.042     Document Type: Article

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