An Early-Branching Freshwater Cyanobacterium at the Origin of Plastids

Current Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 386-391

  Ponce Toledo, Rafael I ^a   Deschamps, Philippe ^a   López García, Purificación ^a   Zivanovic, Yvan ^b   Benzerara, Karim ^c   Moreira, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

chloroplasts; cyanobacteria; evolution; molecular phylogeny; phylogenomics; plastids

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

CLASSIFICATION; CYANOBACTERIUM; CYTOLOGY; EUKARYOTE; EVOLUTION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASTID; SYMBIOSIS;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CYANOBACTERIA; EUKARYOTA; FRESH WATER; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENY; PLASTIDS; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 85010903539     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2016.11.056     Document Type: Article

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