Genomes of stigonematalean cyanobacteria (subsection V) and the evolution of oxygenic photosynthesis from prokaryotes to plastids

Genome Biology and Evolution

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 31-44

  Dagan, Tal ^a   Roettger, Mayo ^a   Stucken, Karina ^a   Landan, Giddy ^a   Koch, Robin ^a   Major, Peter ^a   Gould, Sven B ^a   Goremykin, Vadim V ^b   Rippka, Rosmarie ^c   De Marsac, Nicole Tandeau ^c,h   Gugger, Muriel ^c   Lockhart, Peter J ^d   Allen, John F ^e,f   Brune, Iris ^g   Maus, Irena ^g   Pühler, Alfred ^g   Martin, William F ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Italy)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^d MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^e QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^h AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Endosymbiosis; Nitrogen fixation; Phylogenomics; Plastid evolution; True branching cyanobacteria

Indexed keywords

CYANOBACTERIA; EUKARYOTA; LANGAT VIRUS; PROKARYOTA; SCYTONEMA HOFMANNI; STIGONEMATALES;

EID: 84876521762     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17596653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evs117     Document Type: Article

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