A paneukaryotic genomic analysis of the small GTPase RABL2 underscores the significance of recurrent gene loss in eukaryote evolution

Biology Direct

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Eliáš, Marek ^a   Klimeš, Vladimír ^a   Derelle, Romain ^b   Petrželková, Romana ^a   Tachezy, Jan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSTRAVA   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^c CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Cilium; Evolution; Flagellum; Gene loss; Last eukaryotic common ancestor; Protists; Rab like GTPases; RABL2

Indexed keywords

MONOMERIC GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN;

CILIUM; CLASSIFICATION; EUKARYOTE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY;

CILIA; EUKARYOTA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MONOMERIC GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 84956904328     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17456150     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13062-016-0107-8     Document Type: Article

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