Exceptional reduction of the plastid genome of saguaro cactus (Carnegiea gigantea): Loss of the ndh gene suite and inverted repeat 1

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 102, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1115-1127

  Sanderson, Michael J ^a   Copetti, Dario ^b,c   Búrquez, Alberto ^d   Bustamante, Enriquena ^d   Charboneau, Joseph L M ^a   Eguiarte, Luis E ^e   Kumar, Sudhir ^f   Lee, Hyun Oh ^g   Lee, Junki ^h   McMahon, Michelle ^b   Steele, Kelly ⁱ   Wing, Rod ^b,c   Yang, Tae Jin ⁱ   Zwickl, Derrick ^a   Wojciechowski, Martin F ^j  

^a The University of Arizona   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c INTERNATIONAL RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Philippines)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^e INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^f TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g Phyzen Genomics Institute   (South Korea)

^h Seoul National University   (South Korea)

ⁱ ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Cactaceae; Cacti; Carnegiea gigantea; Inverted repeat; Ndh genes; Phylogenomics; Saguaro

Indexed keywords

CACTUS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENOME; GENOMICS; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PHOTOAUTOTROPHY; PHYLOGENETICS; PLASTID; SEED;

CACTACEAE; CARNEGIEA GIGANTEA; EMBRYOPHYTA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; SPERMATOPHYTA;

PLANT DNA; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE DEHYDROGENASE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

CACTACEAE; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE LIBRARY; GENETICS; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; INVERTED REPEAT; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PLASTID; PLASTID GENOME;

CACTACEAE; DNA, PLANT; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE LIBRARY; GENOME, PLASTID; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; INVERTED REPEAT SEQUENCES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE ANNOTATION; NADH DEHYDROGENASE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; PLASTIDS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84939130705     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: 15372197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1500184     Document Type: Article

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