Possible loss of the chloroplast genome in the parasitic flowering plant Rafflesia lagascae (Rafflesiaceae)

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 793-803

  Molina, Jeanmaire ^a,b   Hazzouri, Khaled M ^c   Nickrent, Daniel ^d   Geisler, Matthew ^d   Meyer, Rachel S ^b   Pentony, Melissa M ^e   Flowers, Jonathan M ^b,c   Pelser, Pieter ^f   Barcelona, Julie ^f   Inovejas, Samuel Alan ^g   Uy, Iris ^h   Yuan, Wei ^b   Wilkins, Olivia ^b   Michel, Claire Iphanise ^a   Locklear, Selina ^a   Concepcion, Gisela P ^h   Purugganan, Michael D ^b,c  

^a LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY ABU DHABI   (United Arab Emirates)

^d SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^g ST LUKE S MEDICAL CENTER   (Philippines)

^h UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Gene loss; Holoparasite; Horizontal gene transfer; NUPTs; Plastid; Tetrastigma

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; RIBOSOME PROTEIN; TRANSFER RNA;

ACCD GENE; ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; CHLOROPLAST GENOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC SPECIES; ENERGY YIELD; GENE LOSS; GENE SEQUENCE; INVERTED REPEAT; MATK GENE; MITOCHONDRIAL GENOME; NDH GENE; NICOTIANA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITIC PLANT; PET GENE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENY; PLANT GENE; PLASTID; PLASTID GENOME; PSA GENE; PSB GENE; RAFFLESIA LAGASCAE; RBCL GENE; RNA GENE; RPS11 GENE; RPS16 GENE; RPS7 GENE; RRN16 GENE; RRN23 GENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TETRASTIGMA; YCF2 GENE;

GENE LOSS; HOLOPARASITE; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; NUPTS; PLASTID; TETRASTIGMA;

ANGIOSPERMS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME, CHLOROPLAST; MITOCHONDRIA; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84897863094     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msu051     Document Type: Article

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