The search for the missing link: A relic plastid in Perkinsus?

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1217-1229

  Fernández Robledo, José A ^a   Caler, Elisabet ^b   Matsuzaki, Motomichi ^c   Keeling, Patrick J ^d   Shanmugam, Dhanasekaran ^e   Roos, David S ^e   Vasta, Gerardo R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b J CRAIG VENTER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Apicoplast; Chromalveolata hypothesis; Genome; Perkinsus; Plastid; Protozoan; Targeting

Indexed keywords

1 DEOXY DEXTRO XYLULOSE 5 PHOSPHATE REDUCTOISOMERASE; ABA HORMONE; CHORISMIC ACID; HEME; IRON SULFUR PROTEIN; MANGANESE SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; PROTEIN FAS2; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; SHIKIMIC ACID; STRESS HORMONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

DINOFLAGELLATE; EUKARYOTE; GENE; GENETIC RESOURCE; GENOME; PARASITE; PARASITISM; PLASTID; PROTEIN; PROTIST; PROTOZOAN; TAXONOMY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

APICOMPLEXA; APICOPLAST; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CHROMALVEOLATA; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; EVOLUTION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERKINSOSIS; PERKINSUS MARINUS; PHYLOGENY; PLASTID; PLASTID GENOME; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN TARGETING; PROTOZOON; REVIEW; SHELLFISH;

ALVEOLATA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OSTREIDAE; PLASTIDS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; UNITED STATES;

APICOMPLEXA; CHROMALVEOLATA; DINOPHYCEAE; OSTREIDAE; PARVILUCIFERA; PERKINSEA; PERKINSUS; PERKINSUS MARINUS; PROTISTA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 80053385788     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: 18790135     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2011.07.008     Document Type: Review

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