Endosymbiotic origin and differential loss of eukaryotic genes

Nature

Volumn 524, Issue 7566, 2015, Pages 427-432

  Ku, Chuan ^a   Nelson Sathi, Shijulal ^a   Roettger, Mayo ^a   Sousa, Filipa L ^a   Lockhart, Peter J ^b   Bryant, David ^c   Hazkani Covo, Einat ^d   McInerney, James O ^e,f   Landan, Giddy ^g   Martin, William F ^a,h  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^d OPEN UNIVERSITY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^e NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^h INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; CHLOROPLAST; COMMON ANCESTRY; DIVERGENCE; ENDOSYMBIONT; EUKARYOTE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TRANSFER; MITOCHONDRION; ORIGIN OF LIFE; PHYLOGENETICS; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CELL ORGANELLE; CHLOROPLAST; CYANOBACTERIUM; EUKARYOTE; GENE; GENE TRANSFER; GENOME; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; PROTEOBACTERIA; SERIAL ENDOSYMBIOTIC THEORY; ARCHAEON; BACTERIUM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EUKARYOTIC CELL; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PLASTID; PROKARYOTIC CELL; SYMBIOSIS; TIME;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA; PROTEOBACTERIA;

PROTEOME;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EUKARYOTA; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENOME; MITOCHONDRIA; MODELS, GENETIC; ORGANELLES; PHYLOGENY; PLASTIDS; PROKARYOTIC CELLS; PROTEOME; SYMBIOSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84940488362     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature14963     Document Type: Article

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