Extensive horizontal gene transfer, duplication, and loss of chlorophyll synthesis genes in the algae

Extensive horizontal gene transfer, duplication, and loss of chlorophyll synthesis genes in the algae

(2015) Heather M Hunsperger et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

The mitochondrial and chloroplast genomes of the haptophyte Chrysochromulina tobin contain unique repeat structures and gene profiles

(2014) Blake T Hovde et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Horizontal Gene Transfer and Redundancy of Tryptophan Biosynthetic Enzymes in Dinotoms

(2014) Behzad Imanian et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

Chromera velia, Endosymbioses and the Rhodoplex Hypothesis—Plastid Evolution in Cryptophytes, Alveolates, Stramenopiles, and Haptophytes (CASH Lineages)

(2014) Jörn Petersen et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

Why some clades have low bootstrap frequencies and high Bayesian posterior probabilities

(2014) Ricardo García-Sandoval   Israel Journal of Ecology & Evolution

Discovery of the first light-dependent protochlorophyllide oxidoreductase in anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria

(2014) Marco Kaschner et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Phylogenomic Analysis of “Red” Genes from Two Divergent Species of the “Green” Secondary Phototrophs, the Chlorarachniophytes, Suggests Multiple Horizontal Gene Transfers from the Red Lineage before the Divergence of Extant Chlorarachniophytes

(2014) Yi Yang et al.   PLoS One

The evolution of photosynthesis in chromist algae through serial endosymbioses

(2014) John W. Stiller et al.   Nature Communications

The Marine Microbial Eukaryote Transcriptome Sequencing Project (MMETSP): Illuminating the Functional Diversity of Eukaryotic Life in the Oceans through Transcriptome Sequencing

(2014) Patrick J. Keeling et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Comment on “Catalytic Efficiency of a Photoenzyme-An Adaptation to Natural Light Conditions” by J. Popp et al.

(2013) Lars Olof Björn   CHEMPHYSCHEM

Horizontal Gene Transfer is a Significant Driver of Gene Innovation in Dinoflagellates

(2013) Jennifer H. Wisecaver et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

Molecular and Photosynthetic Responses to Prolonged Darkness and Subsequent Acclimation to Re-Illumination in the Diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum

(2013) Marianne Nymark et al.   PLoS One

Behavioral and Physiological Changes during Benthic-Pelagic Transition in the Harmful Alga, Heterosigma akashiwo: Potential for Rapid Bloom Formation

(2013) Elizabeth D. Tobin et al.   PLoS One

Assessing the bacterial contribution to the plastid proteome

(2013) Huan Qiu et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

Catalytic Efficiency of a Photoenzyme-An Adaptation to Natural Light Conditions

(2012) Robert Hanf et al.   CHEMPHYSCHEM

Re-evaluating the Green versus Red Signal in Eukaryotes with Secondary Plastid of Red Algal Origin

(2012) Fabien Burki et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

Chlorophyll Biosynthesis Gene Evolution Indicates Photosystem Gene Duplication, Not Photosystem Merger, at the Origin of Oxygenic Photosynthesis

(2012) Filipa L. Sousa et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

Reevaluating the Green Contribution to Diatom Genomes

(2012) Philippe Deschamps et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

High Expression Hampers Horizontal Gene Transfer

(2012) Chungoo Park et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

ANALYSIS OFALEXANDRIUM TAMARENSE(DINOPHYCEAE) GENES REVEALS THE COMPLEX EVOLUTIONARY HISTORY OF A MICROBIAL EUKARYOTE1

(2012) Cheong Xin Chan et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYCOLOGY

Algal genomes reveal evolutionary mosaicism and the fate of nucleomorphs

(2012) Bruce A. Curtis et al.   NATURE

Cyanophora paradoxa Genome Elucidates Origin of Photosynthesis in Algae and Plants

(2012) D. C. Price et al.   SCIENCE

Red and Problematic Green Phylogenetic Signals among Thousands of Nuclear Genes from the Photosynthetic and Apicomplexa-Related Chromera velia

(2011) Christian Woehle et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

Evolution and Functional Diversification of Fructose Bisphosphate Aldolase Genes in Photosynthetic Marine Diatoms

(2011) Andrew E. Allen et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Lotharella reticulosa sp. nov.: A Highly Reticulated Network Forming Chlorarachniophyte from the Mediterranean Sea

(2011) Shuhei Ota et al.   PROTIST

Supermatrix Data Highlight the Phylogenetic Relationships of Photosynthetic Stramenopiles

(2011) Eun Chan Yang et al.   PROTIST

Transcriptome analysis reveals nuclear-encoded proteins for the maintenance of temporary plastids in the dinoflagellate Dinophysis acuminata

(2010) Jennifer H Wisecaver et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Crystal Structure of the Nitrogenase-like Dark Operative Protochlorophyllide Oxidoreductase Catalytic Complex (ChlN/ChlB)2

(2010) Markus J. Bröcker et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

ANALYSES OF THE COMPLETE CHLOROPLAST GENOME SEQUENCES OF TWO MEMBERS OF THE PELAGOPHYCEAE: AUREOCOCCUS ANOPHAGEFFERENS CCMP1984 AND AUREOUMBRA LAGUNENSIS CCMP15071

(2010) Han Chuan Ong et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYCOLOGY

Phylogenomic Evidence for Separate Acquisition of Plastids in Cryptophytes, Haptophytes, and Stramenopiles

(2010) D. Baurain et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

The Complexity Hypothesis Revisited: Connectivity Rather Than Function Constitutes a Barrier to Horizontal Gene Transfer

(2010) O. Cohen et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

X-ray crystal structure of the light-independent protochlorophyllide reductase

(2010) Norifumi Muraki et al.   NATURE

After the primary endosymbiosis: an update on the chromalveolate hypothesis and the origins of algae with Chl c

(2010) Beverley R. Green   PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH

A common red algal origin of the apicomplexan, dinoflagellate, and heterokont plastids

(2010) J. Janouskovec et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Targeted metagenomics and ecology of globally important uncultured eukaryotic phytoplankton

(2010) M. L. Cuvelier et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Green-colored Plastids in the Dinoflagellate Genus Lepidodinium are of Core Chlorophyte Origin

(2010) Takuya Matsumoto et al.   PROTIST

Oceanographic and Biogeochemical Insights from Diatom Genomes

(2009) Chris Bowler et al.   Annual Review of Marine Science

Plastid genomes of two brown algae, Ectocarpus siliculosus and Fucus vesiculosus: further insights on the evolution of red-algal derived plastids

(2009) Gildas Le Corguillé et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Mutagenesis Alters the Catalytic Mechanism of the Light-driven Enzyme Protochlorophyllide Oxidoreductase

(2009) Binuraj R. K. Menon et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Cryogenic and Laser Photoexcitation Studies Identify Multiple Roles for Active Site Residues in the Light-driven Enzyme Protochlorophyllide Oxidoreductase

(2009) Binuraj R. K. Menon et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

A Time line of the Environmental Genetics of the Haptophytes

(2009) Hui Liu et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Oxygen Sensitivity of a Nitrogenase-like Protochlorophyllide Reductase from the Cyanobacterium Leptolyngbya boryana

(2009) H. Yamamoto et al.   PLANT AND CELL PHYSIOLOGY

An Integrated Analysis of Molecular Acclimation to High Light in the Marine Diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum

(2009) Marianne Nymark et al.   PLoS One

Genomic Footprints of a Cryptic Plastid Endosymbiosis in Diatoms

(2009) A. Moustafa et al.   SCIENCE

Chromalveolate plastids: direct descent or multiple endosymbioses?

(2009) Andrzej Bodył et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Medium- and short-chain dehydrogenase/reductase gene and protein families

(2008) K. L. Kavanagh et al.   CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR LIFE SCIENCES

Evolutionary Dynamics of Light-Independent Protochlorophyllide Oxidoreductase Genes in the Secondary Plastids of Cryptophyte Algae

(2008) Anna Fong et al.   EUKARYOTIC CELL

NB-protein (BchN-BchB) of dark-operative protochlorophyllide reductase is the catalytic component containing oxygen-tolerant Fe-S clusters

(2008) Jiro Nomata et al.   FEBS LETTERS

A HYPOTHESIS FOR PLASTID EVOLUTION IN CHROMALVEOLATES1

(2008) M. Virginia Sanchez-Puerta et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYCOLOGY

The Chloroplast Genomes of the Green Algae Pyramimonas, Monomastix, and Pycnococcus Shed New light on the Evolutionary History of Prasinophytes and the Origin of the Secondary Chloroplasts of Euglenids

(2008) Monique Turmel et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Ancient Recruitment by Chromists of Green Algal Genes Encoding Enzymes for Carotenoid Biosynthesis

(2008) R. Frommolt et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

The eukaryotic tree of life: endosymbiosis takes its TOL

(2008) Christopher E. Lane et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION