Lateral transfer of tetrahymanol-synthesizing genes has allowed multiple diverse eukaryote lineages to independently adapt to environments without oxygen

Biology Direct

Volumn 7, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Takishita, Kiyotaka ^a   Chikaraishi, Yoshito ^a   Leger, Michelle M ^b   Kim, Eunsoo ^b   Yabuki, Akinori ^a   Ohkouchi, Naohiko ^a   Roger, Andrew J ^b  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Eukaryotes; Lateral gene transfer; Phagocytosis; Sterols; Tetrahymanol

Indexed keywords

EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

LIPID; LYASE; OXYGEN; SQUALENE CYCLASE; TETRAHYMANOL; TRITERPENE;

ADAPTATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; EUKARYOTE; GENETICS; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANAEROBIOSIS; CELL MEMBRANE; EUKARYOTA; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; LIPIDS; LYASES; OXYGEN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRITERPENES;

EID: 84856373969     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17456150     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-6150-7-5     Document Type: Article

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