Evolution of spliceosomal introns following endosymbiotic gene transfer

BMC Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Ahmadinejad, Nahal ^a,b   Dagan, Tal ^a   Gruenheit, Nicole ^a   Martin, William ^a   Gabaldán, Toni ^c  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PLANT BREEDING RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c CENTRE FOR GENOMIC REGULATION CRG   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOSYMBIONT; EUKARYOTE; GENE; GENE TRANSFER; GENOME; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY);

EUKARYOTA;

ALGA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DIATOM; GENETICS; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; INTRON; MITOCHONDRION; PHYLOGENY; PLANT; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; SPLICEOSOME; SYMBIOSIS;

ALGAE; ANIMALS; DIATOMS; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; INTRONS; MITOCHONDRIA; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PLANTS; SPLICEOSOMES; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 77649287495     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-10-57     Document Type: Article

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