Complete nucleomorph genome sequence of the nonphotosynthetic alga Cryptomonas paramecium reveals a core nucleomorph gene set

Genome Biology and Evolution

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 44-54

  Tanifuji, Goro ^a   Onodera, Naoko T ^a   Wheeler, Travis J ^b   Dlutek, Marlena ^a   Donaher, Natalie ^a   Archibald, John M ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chlorarachniophytes; Cryptomonads; Endosymbiosis; Genome reduction; Nucleomorph

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BIGELOWIELLA NATANS; CHLORARACHNIOPHYCEAE; CRYPTOMONAS; CRYPTOMONAS PARAMECIUM; CRYPTOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; GUILLARDIA THETA; HEMISELMIS; PARAMECIUM;

ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMOSOME MAP; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; CRYPTOPHYTA; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE; GENETICS; GENOME; GREEN ALGA; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PLASTID; RED ALGA; SYMBIOSIS;

BASE SEQUENCE; CELL NUCLEUS; CHLOROPHYTA; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURES; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; CRYPTOPHYTA; GENES; GENOME; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; PLASTIDS; RHODOPHYTA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 79953797995     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17596653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evq082     Document Type: Article

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