Evolution of the apicoplast and its hosts: From heterotrophy to autotrophy and back again

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-12

  Oborník, Miroslav ^a   Janouškovec, Jan ^a,b   Chrudimský, Tomáš ^a   Lukeš, Julius ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Apicomplexa; Apicoplast; Chromera velia; Evolution; GAPDH

Indexed keywords

AUTOTROPHY; COEVOLUTION; ENDOSYMBIONT; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENETICS; PLASTID;

APICOMPLEXA; APICOPLAST; AUTOTROPHY; CYANOBACTERIUM; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENOME ANALYSIS; HETEROTROPHY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMODIUM; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; APICOMPLEXA; AUTOTROPHIC PROCESSES; DINOFLAGELLIDA; EVOLUTION; HETEROTROPHIC PROCESSES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; ORGANELLES; PARASITES; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENY; PLASTIDS;

APICOMPLEXA;

EID: 57649129659     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2008.07.010     Document Type: Review

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