A new genus, Helgoeca gen. nov., for a nudiform choanoflagellate

European Journal of Protistology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 227-237

  Leadbeater, Barry S C ^a   Hassan, Ruhana ^a   Nelson, Michaela ^b   Carr, Martin ^b   Baldauf, Sandra L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acanthocorbis unguiculata; Choanoflagellate; Helgoeca gen. nov.; Lorica construction; Molecular phylogeny; Nudiform replication

Indexed keywords

HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 90; PROTOZOAL DNA; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; RIBOSOME DNA; TUBULIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FLAGELLATE; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; RNA GENE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENES, RRNA; HSP90 HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; MASTIGOPHORA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TUBULIN;

ACANTHOCOEPSIS UNGUICULATA; ACANTHOCORBIS; CHOANOFLAGELLIDA; LORICA;

EID: 46649100885     PISSN: 09324739     EISSN: 16180429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejop.2008.01.003     Document Type: Article

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