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Multiple genes of apparent algal origin suggest ciliates may once have been photosynthetic.

Reyes-Prieto A, Moustafa A, Bhattacharya D.

Curr Biol. 2008 Jul 8;18(13):956-62.PMID: 18595706 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Phylogenomic analysis identifies red algal genes of endosymbiotic origin in the chromalveolates.

Li S, Nosenko T, Hackett JD, Bhattacharya D.

Mol Biol Evol. 2006 Mar;23(3):663-74. Epub 2005 Dec 15.PMID: 16357039 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Ancient recruitment by chromists of green algal genes encoding enzymes for carotenoid biosynthesis.

Frommolt R, Werner S, Paulsen H, Goss R, Wilhelm C, Zauner S, Maier UG, Grossman AR, Bhattacharya D, Lohr M.

Mol Biol Evol. 2008 Dec;25(12):2653-67. Epub 2008 Sep 17.PMID: 18799712 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Phylogenomic analysis supports the monophyly of cryptophytes and haptophytes and the association of rhizaria with chromalveolates.

Hackett JD, Yoon HS, Li S, Reyes-Prieto A, Rümmele SE, Bhattacharya D.

Mol Biol Evol. 2007 Aug;24(8):1702-13. Epub 2007 May 7.PMID: 17488740 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Origin and distribution of Calvin cycle fructose and sedoheptulose bisphosphatases in plantae and complex algae: a single secondary origin of complex red plastids and subsequent propagation via tertiary endosymbioses.

Teich R, Zauner S, Baurain D, Brinkmann H, Petersen J.

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Plastid evolution: remnant algal genes in ciliates.

Archibald JM.

Curr Biol. 2008 Aug 5;18(15):R663-R665.PMID: 18682209 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Chimeric plastid proteome in the Florida "red tide" dinoflagellate Karenia brevis.

Nosenko T, Lidie KL, Van Dolah FM, Lindquist E, Cheng JF, Bhattacharya D.

Mol Biol Evol. 2006 Nov;23(11):2026-38. Epub 2006 Jul 28.PMID: 16877498 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Photosynthetic eukaryotes unite: endosymbiosis connects the dots.

Bhattacharya D, Yoon HS, Hackett JD.

Bioessays. 2004 Jan;26(1):50-60. Review.PMID: 14696040 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

A new scenario of plastid evolution: plastid primary endosymbiosis before the divergence of the "Plantae," emended.

Nozaki H.

J Plant Res. 2005 Aug;118(4):247-55. Epub 2005 Jul 20. Review.PMID: 16032387 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Evolutionary origins of the eukaryotic shikimate pathway: gene fusions, horizontal gene transfer, and endosymbiotic replacements.

Richards TA, Dacks JB, Campbell SA, Blanchard JL, Foster PG, McLeod R, Roberts CW.

Eukaryot Cell. 2006 Sep;5(9):1517-31.PMID: 16963634 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Chlamydial genes shed light on the evolution of photoautotrophic eukaryotes.

Becker B, Hoef-Emden K, Melkonian M.

BMC Evol Biol. 2008 Jul 15;8:203.PMID: 18627593 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

The single, ancient origin of chromist plastids.

Yoon HS, Hackett JD, Pinto G, Bhattacharya D.

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 Nov 26;99(24):15507-12. Epub 2002 Nov 15.PMID: 12438651 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Gene replacement of fructose-1,6-bisphosphate aldolase supports the hypothesis of a single photosynthetic ancestor of chromalveolates.

Patron NJ, Rogers MB, Keeling PJ.

Eukaryot Cell. 2004 Oct;3(5):1169-75.PMID: 15470245 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Nucleus-encoded, plastid-targeted glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) indicates a single origin for chromalveolate plastids.

Harper JT, Keeling PJ.

Mol Biol Evol. 2003 Oct;20(10):1730-5. Epub 2003 Jul 28.PMID: 12885964 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Role of horizontal gene transfer in the evolution of photosynthetic eukaryotes and their plastids.

Keeling PJ.

Methods Mol Biol. 2009;532:501-15. Review.PMID: 19271204 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Genes of cyanobacterial origin in plant nuclear genomes point to a heterocyst-forming plastid ancestor.

Deusch O, Landan G, Roettger M, Gruenheit N, Kowallik KV, Allen JF, Martin W, Dagan T.

Mol Biol Evol. 2008 Apr;25(4):748-61. Epub 2008 Jan 24.PMID: 18222943 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Evolution of glutamine synthetase in heterokonts: evidence for endosymbiotic gene transfer and the early evolution of photosynthesis.

Robertson DL, Tartar A.

Mol Biol Evol. 2006 May;23(5):1048-55. Epub 2006 Feb 22.PMID: 16495348 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Genomic reduction and evolution of novel genetic membranes and protein-targeting machinery in eukaryote-eukaryote chimaeras (meta-algae).

Cavalier-Smith T.

Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2003 Jan 29;358(1429):109-33; discussion 133-4.PMID: 12594921 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Chromalveolates and the evolution of plastids by secondary endosymbiosis.

Keeling PJ.

J Eukaryot Microbiol. 2009 Jan-Feb;56(1):1-8. Review.PMID: 19335769 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

PhyloSort: a user-friendly phylogenetic sorting tool and its application to estimating the cyanobacterial contribution to the nuclear genome of Chlamydomonas.

Moustafa A, Bhattacharya D.

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