Published in Am Nat on October 01, 1999
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Protein trafficking to the plastid of Plasmodium falciparum is via the secretory pathway. EMBO J (2000) 3.49
Mathematics is biology's next microscope, only better; biology is mathematics' next physics, only better. PLoS Biol (2004) 2.24
The endosymbiotic origin, diversification and fate of plastids. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci (2010) 2.22
Multiple genes of apparent algal origin suggest ciliates may once have been photosynthetic. Curr Biol (2008) 1.95
The function of genomes in bioenergetic organelles. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci (2003) 1.83
Did an ancient chlamydial endosymbiosis facilitate the establishment of primary plastids? Genome Biol (2007) 1.82
From stop to start: tandem gene arrangement, copy number and trans-splicing sites in the dinoflagellate Amphidinium carterae. PLoS One (2008) 1.65
Phylogenomic evidence supports past endosymbiosis, intracellular and horizontal gene transfer in Cryptosporidium parvum. Genome Biol (2004) 1.61
Genome evolution in cyanobacteria: the stable core and the variable shell. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2008) 1.58
Phylogeny and megasystematics of phagotrophic heterokonts (kingdom Chromista). J Mol Evol (2006) 1.57
Evaluating support for the current classification of eukaryotic diversity. PLoS Genet (2006) 1.55
Gene replacement of fructose-1,6-bisphosphate aldolase supports the hypothesis of a single photosynthetic ancestor of chromalveolates. Eukaryot Cell (2004) 1.43
Chlamydiae has contributed at least 55 genes to Plantae with predominantly plastid functions. PLoS One (2008) 1.38
Chlamydial genes shed light on the evolution of photoautotrophic eukaryotes. BMC Evol Biol (2008) 1.31
A systematic screen to discover and analyze apicoplast proteins identifies a conserved and essential protein import factor. PLoS Pathog (2011) 1.29
A type II pathway for fatty acid biosynthesis presents drug targets in Plasmodium falciparum. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2003) 1.26
The Biological Big Bang model for the major transitions in evolution. Biol Direct (2007) 1.25
Evolutionary inheritance of elemental stoichiometry in phytoplankton. Proc Biol Sci (2010) 1.08
Gene flow and biological conflict systems in the origin and evolution of eukaryotes. Front Cell Infect Microbiol (2012) 1.04
Insights into transcriptional changes that accompany organelle sequestration from the stolen nucleus of Mesodinium rubrum. BMC Genomics (2015) 1.04
Diatom plastids depend on nucleotide import from the cytosol. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2009) 1.03
A "green" phosphoribulokinase in complex algae with red plastids: evidence for a single secondary endosymbiosis leading to haptophytes, cryptophytes, heterokonts, and dinoflagellates. J Mol Evol (2006) 1.01
Electrons, life and the evolution of Earth's oxygen cycle. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci (2008) 0.99
The plant mitochondrial carrier family: functional and evolutionary aspects. Front Plant Sci (2012) 0.97
The mixed lineage nature of nitrogen transport and assimilation in marine eukaryotic phytoplankton: a case study of micromonas. Mol Biol Evol (2010) 0.96
Multiple functionally redundant signals mediate targeting to the apicoplast in the apicomplexan parasite Toxoplasma gondii. Eukaryot Cell (2004) 0.95
Mitochondria, hydrogenosomes and mitosomes: products of evolutionary tinkering! Curr Genet (2006) 0.94
Catalytic by-product formation and ligand binding by ribulose bisphosphate carboxylases from different phylogenies. Biochem J (2006) 0.94
Receptor for retrograde transport in the apicomplexan parasite Toxoplasma gondii. Eukaryot Cell (2005) 0.93
More membranes, more proteins: complex protein import mechanisms into secondary plastids. Protist (2010) 0.92
Reconsidering the nature and mode of action of metabolite retrograde signals from the chloroplast. Front Plant Sci (2013) 0.90
Ancient gene transfer from algae to animals: mechanisms and evolutionary significance. BMC Evol Biol (2012) 0.90
Cyanobacterial contribution to the genomes of the plastid-lacking protists. BMC Evol Biol (2009) 0.90
A new scenario of plastid evolution: plastid primary endosymbiosis before the divergence of the "Plantae," emended. J Plant Res (2005) 0.89
Molecular Data are Transforming Hypotheses on the Origin and Diversification of Eukaryotes. Bioscience (2009) 0.89
Phylogeny of plastids based on cladistic analysis of gene loss inferred from complete plastid genome sequences. J Mol Evol (2003) 0.87
Structure, circadian regulation and bioinformatic analysis of the unique sigma factor gene in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Photosynth Res (2004) 0.86
Plastid isoprenoid metabolism in the oyster parasite Perkinsus marinus connects dinoflagellates and malaria pathogens--new impetus for studying alveolates. J Mol Evol (2007) 0.86
Taming the smallest predators of the oceans. ISME J (2012) 0.86
Mergers and acquisitions: malaria and the great chloroplast heist. Genome Biol (2000) 0.84
Phylogenetic viewpoints on regulation of light harvesting and electron transport in eukaryotic photosynthetic organisms. Planta (2012) 0.84
Characterization and localization of a hybrid non-ribosomal peptide synthetase and polyketide synthase gene from the toxic dinoflagellate Karenia brevis. Mar Biotechnol (NY) (2009) 0.84
Protein sorting in complex plastids. Biochim Biophys Acta (2012) 0.82
A unique structural domain in Methanococcoides burtonii ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (Rubisco) acts as a small subunit mimic. J Biol Chem (2017) 0.82
Retrotransposons and tandem repeat sequences in the nuclear genomes of cryptomonad algae. J Mol Evol (2007) 0.81
Chlorella saccharophila cytochrome f and its involvement in the heat shock response. J Exp Bot (2009) 0.81
Molecular phylogenetic analyses of the mitochondrial ADP-ATP carriers: the Plantae/Fungi/Metazoa trichotomy revisited. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2001) 0.81
Cyanobacterial genes transmitted to the nucleus before divergence of red algae in the Chromista. J Mol Evol (2004) 0.80
What was the real contribution of endosymbionts to the eukaryotic nucleus? Insights from photosynthetic eukaryotes. Cold Spring Harb Perspect Biol (2014) 0.80
Diversity of Eukaryotic Translational Initiation Factor eIF4E in Protists. Comp Funct Genomics (2012) 0.79
Recent events dominate interdomain lateral gene transfers between prokaryotes and eukaryotes and, with the exception of endosymbiotic gene transfers, few ancient transfer events persist. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci (2015) 0.79
Rate variation as a function of gene origin in plastid-derived genes of peridinin-containing dinoflagellates. J Mol Evol (2006) 0.79
The genomics of symbiosis: hosts keep the baby and the bath water. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2002) 0.78
Transcription factors in microalgae: genome-wide prediction and comparative analysis. BMC Genomics (2016) 0.77
Phylogeny of dinoflagellate plastid genes recently transferred to the nucleus supports a common ancestry with red algal plastid genes. J Mol Evol (2008) 0.77
A gene in the process of endosymbiotic transfer. PLoS One (2010) 0.76
Diatom genomes come of age. Genome Biol (2008) 0.76
Genome-wide survey and evolutionary analysis of trypsin proteases in apicomplexan parasites. Genomics Proteomics Bioinformatics (2010) 0.76
Evolution of Dimethylsulfoniopropionate Metabolism in Marine Phytoplankton and Bacteria. Front Microbiol (2017) 0.75
Transcriptomic Analysis of Thermally Stressed Symbiodinium Reveals Differential Expression of Stress and Metabolism Genes. Front Plant Sci (2017) 0.75
Evolution of the Tetrapyrrole Biosynthetic Pathway in Secondary Algae: Conservation, Redundancy and Replacement. PLoS One (2016) 0.75
Community analysis of pigment patterns from 37 microalgae strains reveals new carotenoids and porphyrins characteristic of distinct strains and taxonomic groups. PLoS One (2017) 0.75
Re-analyses of "Algal" Genes Suggest a Complex Evolutionary History of Oomycetes. Front Plant Sci (2017) 0.75