Comparative genomics of a bacterivorous green alga reveals evolutionary causalities and consequences of phago-mixotrophic mode of nutrition

Genome Biology and Evolution

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 3047-3061

  Burns, John A ^a   Paasch, Amber ^a   Narechania, Apurva ^a   Kim, Eunsoo ^a  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chloroplastida; Cymbomonas; Green algae; Mixotrophy; Phagocytosis

Indexed keywords

ALGAL DNA; ALGAL PROTEIN;

COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; GREEN ALGA; METABOLISM; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY;

ALGAL PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CHLOROPHYTA; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; DNA, ALGAL; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84957050924     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17596653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evv144     Document Type: Article

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