Chlorophyll biosynthesis gene evolution indicates photosystem gene duplication, not photosystem merger, at the origin of oxygenic photosynthesis

Genome Biology and Evolution

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 200-216

  Sousa, Filipa L ^a   Shavit Grievink, Liat ^a,d   Allen, John F ^b,c   Martin, William F ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; Fusion; Manganese; Redox switch; Selective loss

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 84876530503     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17596653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evs127     Document Type: Article

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