Comparative analysis of the complete plastid genome sequence of the red alga Gracilaria tenuistipitata var. liui provides insights into the evolution of rhodoplasts and their relationship to other plastids

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 464-477

  Hagopian, Jonathan C ^a   Reis, Marcelo ^b   Kitajima, João P ^b,d   Bhattacharya, Debashish ^c   De Oliveira, Mariana C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d Alellyx Applied Genomics   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Gracilaria tenuistipitata; Molecular phylogeny; Plastid evolution; Plastid genome; Red alga; Rhodophyta

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; CYANOBACTERIUM; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; GENOME ANALYSIS; GRACILARIA TENUISTIPITATA; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENY; PLASTID; PREDICTION; RED ALGA;

CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME; GRACILARIA; LEUCINE; OPEN READING FRAMES; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; PLASTIDS; PORPHYRA;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BANGIALES; CYANOBACTERIA; EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; GRACILARIA; GRACILARIA TENUISTIPITATA; NEGIBACTERIA; PORPHYRA; PORPHYRA PURPUREA; RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 4644237400     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-004-2638-3     Document Type: Article

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