Red and green algal origin of diatom membrane transporters: insights into environmental adaptation and cell evolution.

Membrane transporters (MTs) facilitate the movement of molecules between cellular compartments. The evolutionary history of these key components of eukaryote genomes remains unclear. Many photosynthetic microbial eukaryotes (e.g., diatoms, haptophytes, and dinoflagellates) appear to have undergone s...

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Main Authors: Cheong Xin Chan, Adrian Reyes-Prieto, Debashish Bhattacharya
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3237598?pdf=render