Partenskyella glossopodia (Chlorarachniophyceae) possesses a nucleomorph genome of approximately 1Mbp

Phycological Research

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 120-122

  Ishida, Ken ichiro ^a   Endo, Hiroko ^a,c   Koike, Sayaka ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KAO CORPORATION   (Japan)

^d SAN EI GEN F F I INC   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chlorarachniophytes; Genome reduction; Genome size; Nucleomorph; Partenskyella glossopodia

Indexed keywords

ALGA; ELECTROKINESIS; GENOME; IMMUNOASSAY;

CHLORARACHNIOPHYCEAE;

EID: 79953045190     PISSN: 13220829     EISSN: 14401835     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1835.2011.00608.x     Document Type: Article

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