Reduced nuclear genomes maintain high gene transcription levels

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 625-635

  Tanifuji, Goro ^a   Onodera, Naoko T ^a   Moore, Christa E ^a   Archibald, John M ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

algae; endosymbiosis; genome reduction; nucleomorphs; transcription

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOME SIZE; NONHUMAN; PLASTID GENOME; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; RNA SEQUENCE; TRANSCRIPTOMICS;

ALGAE; ENDOSYMBIOSIS; GENOME REDUCTION; NUCLEOMORPHS; TRANSCRIPTION;

CELL NUCLEUS; CRYPTOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOME SIZE; SYMBIOSIS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84895764850     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/mst254     Document Type: Article

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