Evolution of microtubule organizing centers across the tree of eukaryotes

Plant Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 230-244

  Yubuki, Naoji ^a   Leander, Brian S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

biodiversity; cytoskeleton; evolution; excavates; flagellar apparatus; protists

Indexed keywords

CYTOSKELETONS; EVOLUTION; EXCAVATES; FLAGELLAR APPARATUS; PROTISTS;

BIODIVERSITY; EQUIPMENT; FORESTRY; TREES (MATHEMATICS);

MUTAGENESIS;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CYTOSKELETON; EUKARYOTE; EVOLUTION; EXCAVATA; FLAGELLAR APPARATUS; MICROTUBULE; MICROTUBULE ORGANIZING CENTER; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTISTS;

BIODIVERSITY; CYTOSKELETON; EVOLUTION; EXCAVATES; FLAGELLAR APPARATUS; PROTISTS;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; EUKARYOTA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MICROTUBULE-ORGANIZING CENTER; MICROTUBULES;

BIODIVERSITY; CELLS; FORESTRY; GENETIC ENGINEERING;

ALVEOLATA; AMOEBOZOA; APUSOZOA; COLLODICTYONIDAE; CRYPTOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; EXCAVATA; FUNGI/METAZOA GROUP; HAPTOPHYCEAE; PLANTAE; PROTISTA; RHIZARIA; STRAMENOPILES;

EID: 84879900131     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tpj.12145     Document Type: Article

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