Morphology and Phylogeny of Sainouron acronematica sp. n. and the Ultrastructural Unity of Cercozoa

Protist

Volumn 159, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 591-620

  Cavalier Smith, Thomas ^a   Lewis, Rhodri ^a   Chao, Ema E ^a   Oates, Brian ^a   Bass, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

18S rRNA phylogeny; Cholamonas; ciliary transformation; ciliary transitional hub lattice; Sainouron; spiral fibre

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL RNA; RNA 18S;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PROTOZOON; RNA GENE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; GENES, RRNA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROTOZOA; RNA, PROTOZOAN; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S;

CERCOZOA; CHOLAMONAS; CHOLAMONAS CYRTODIOPSIDIS; EUKARYOTA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); MONADOFILOSA; SAINOURON; ZOOMASTIGOPHOREA;

EID: 52149108935     PISSN: 14344610     EISSN: 16180941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.protis.2008.04.002     Document Type: Article

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