The evolution of glycogen and starch metabolism in eukaryotes gives molecular clues to understand the establishment of plastid endosymbiosis

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Evolutionary origins of metabolic compartmentalization in eukaryotes

(2010) W. Martin   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

The Mitochondrial Genome of the Entomoparasitic Green Alga Helicosporidium

(2010) Jean-François Pombert et al.   PLoS One

The origin and early evolution of eukaryotes in the light of phylogenomics

(2010) Eugene V Koonin   GENOME BIOLOGY

A novel α-amylase from the cyanobacterium Nostoc sp. PCC 7119

(2009) Francisco M. Reyes-Sosa et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Early steps in plastid evolution: current ideas and controversies

(2009) Andrzej Bodył et al.   BIOESSAYS

Chromalveolates and the Evolution of Plastids by Secondary Endosymbiosis

(2009) PATRICK J. KEELING   JOURNAL OF EUKARYOTIC MICROBIOLOGY

The evolution of the starch biosynthetic pathway in cereals and other grasses

(2009) S. Comparot-Moss et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Phagotrophy in the origins of photosynthesis in eukaryotes and as a complementary mode of nutrition in phototrophs: relation to Darwin's insectivorous plants

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Eukaryotic starch degradation: integration of plastidial and cytosolic pathways

(2009) Joerg Fettke et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

STARCH-EXCESS4 Is a Laforin-Like Phosphoglucan Phosphatase Required for Starch Degradation in Arabidopsis thaliana

(2009) O. Kotting et al.   PLANT CELL

Genetic dissection of floridean starch synthesis in the cytosol of the model dinoflagellateCrypthecodinium cohnii

(2009) David Dauvillée et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Phylogenomic analyses support the monophyly of Excavata and resolve relationships among eukaryotic "supergroups"

(2009) V. Hampl et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Chlamydiae as Symbionts in Eukaryotes

(2008) Matthias Horn   Annual Review of Microbiology

Chlamydial genes shed light on the evolution of photoautotrophic eukaryotes

(2008) Burkhard Becker et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Chromatophore Genome Sequence of Paulinella Sheds Light on Acquisition of Photosynthesis by Eukaryotes

(2008) Eva C.M. Nowack et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

The Heterotrophic DinoflagellateCrypthecodinium cohniiDefines a Model Genetic System To Investigate Cytoplasmic Starch Synthesis

(2008) Philippe Deschamps et al.   EUKARYOTIC CELL

Early Gene Duplication Within Chloroplastida and Its Correspondence With Relocation of Starch Metabolism to Chloroplasts

(2008) P. Deschamps et al.   GENETICS

Abnormal Metabolism of Glycogen Phosphate as a Cause for Lafora Disease

(2008) Vincent S. Tagliabracci et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

The Carbohydrate-Active EnZymes database (CAZy): an expert resource for Glycogenomics

(2008) B. L. Cantarel et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Starch Biosynthetic Enzymes from Developing Maize Endosperm Associate in Multisubunit Complexes

(2008) T. A. Hennen-Bierwagen et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Chlamydiae Has Contributed at Least 55 Genes to Plantae with Predominantly Plastid Functions

(2008) Ahmed Moustafa et al.   PLoS One

The relocation of starch metabolism to chloroplasts: when, why and how

(2008) Philippe Deschamps et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

Metabolic Symbiosis and the Birth of the Plant Kingdom

(2007) P. Deschamps et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Variation in Storage α-Glucans of the Porphyridiales (Rhodophyta)

(2007) Takahiro Shimonaga et al.   PLANT AND CELL PHYSIOLOGY