A genomic survey shows that the haloarchaeal type tyrosyl tRNA synthetase is not a synapomorphy of opisthokonts

European Journal of Protistology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 89-93

  Shadwick, John D L ^a   Ruiz Trillo, Iñaki ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Amoebozoa; Lateral gene transfer; Lineage sorting; Molecular markers; Opisthokonts

Indexed keywords

TYROSINE TRANSFER RNA LIGASE;

ARCHAEON; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; EUKARYOTE; GENETICS; GENOMICS;

ARCHAEA; EUKARYOTA; GENOMICS; TYROSINE-TRNA LIGASE;

AMOEBOZOA; ARCHAEA; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI/METAZOA GROUP; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 84856747884     PISSN: 09324739     EISSN: 16180429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejop.2011.10.003     Document Type: Article

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