Published in Protist on October 12, 2005
Improving the coverage of the cyanobacterial phylum using diversity-driven genome sequencing. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2012) 3.26
The endosymbiotic origin, diversification and fate of plastids. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci (2010) 2.22
Did an ancient chlamydial endosymbiosis facilitate the establishment of primary plastids? Genome Biol (2007) 1.82
Genome fluctuations in cyanobacteria reflect evolutionary, developmental and adaptive traits. BMC Evol Biol (2011) 1.69
The submarine volcano eruption at the island of El Hierro: physical-chemical perturbation and biological response. Sci Rep (2012) 1.60
Algal evolution in relation to atmospheric CO2: carboxylases, carbon-concentrating mechanisms and carbon oxidation cycles. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci (2012) 1.55
Origin and Evolution of Water Oxidation before the Last Common Ancestor of the Cyanobacteria. Mol Biol Evol (2015) 1.55
Evaluating support for the current classification of eukaryotic diversity. PLoS Genet (2006) 1.55
Endosymbiotic associations within protists. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci (2010) 1.43
Chlamydial genes shed light on the evolution of photoautotrophic eukaryotes. BMC Evol Biol (2008) 1.31
Transcriptome analysis reveals nuclear-encoded proteins for the maintenance of temporary plastids in the dinoflagellate Dinophysis acuminata. BMC Genomics (2010) 1.25
Host origin of plastid solute transporters in the first photosynthetic eukaryotes. Genome Biol (2007) 1.24
Trafficking of protein into the recently established photosynthetic organelles of Paulinella chromatophora. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2012) 1.20
Why chloroplasts and mitochondria retain their own genomes and genetic systems: Colocation for redox regulation of gene expression. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2015) 1.17
Nitrogen fixation in eukaryotes--new models for symbiosis. BMC Evol Biol (2007) 1.16
Phylogenetic distribution and membrane topology of the LytR-CpsA-Psr protein family. BMC Genomics (2008) 1.15
The ancestor of the Paulinella chromatophore obtained a carboxysomal operon by horizontal gene transfer from a Nitrococcus-like gamma-proteobacterium. BMC Evol Biol (2007) 1.11
Do red and green make brown?: perspectives on plastid acquisitions within chromalveolates. Eukaryot Cell (2011) 1.09
Mechanism of plastid division: from a bacterium to an organelle. Plant Physiol (2011) 1.09
Differential gene retention in plastids of common recent origin. Mol Biol Evol (2010) 1.09
Evolutionary analyses of non-genealogical bonds produced by introgressive descent. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2012) 1.07
The cyanobacterial endosymbiont of the unicellular algae Rhopalodia gibba shows reductive genome evolution. BMC Evol Biol (2008) 1.05
Experimental design and statistical rigor in phylogenomics of horizontal and endosymbiotic gene transfer. BMC Evol Biol (2011) 1.05
Evolutionary linkage between eukaryotic cytokinesis and chloroplast division by dynamin proteins. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2008) 1.04
The origin of plastids. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci (2008) 1.00
EEF2 analysis challenges the monophyly of Archaeplastida and Chromalveolata. PLoS One (2008) 0.98
Evolution and diversification of the organellar release factor family. Mol Biol Evol (2012) 0.97
A single origin of the photosynthetic organelle in different Paulinella lineages. BMC Evol Biol (2009) 0.97
Evolution: like any other science it is predictable. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci (2010) 0.94
Plastid origin and evolution: new models provide insights into old problems. Plant Physiol (2011) 0.93
A close-up view on ITS2 evolution and speciation - a case study in the Ulvophyceae (Chlorophyta, Viridiplantae). BMC Evol Biol (2011) 0.90
Possible import routes of proteins into the cyanobacterial endosymbionts/plastids of Paulinella chromatophora. Theory Biosci (2011) 0.90
Complete genome of a nonphotosynthetic cyanobacterium in a diatom reveals recent adaptations to an intracellular lifestyle. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2014) 0.90
Proteomic analysis of the Cyanophora paradoxa muroplast provides clues on early events in plastid endosymbiosis. Planta (2012) 0.88
Origin and evolution of plastids and photosynthesis in eukaryotes. Cold Spring Harb Perspect Biol (2014) 0.88
Chloroplast evolution, structure and functions. F1000Prime Rep (2014) 0.88
Evolving a photosynthetic organelle. BMC Biol (2012) 0.87
Extensive horizontal gene transfer, duplication, and loss of chlorophyll synthesis genes in the algae. BMC Evol Biol (2015) 0.86
Plastid establishment did not require a chlamydial partner. Nat Commun (2015) 0.86
The origin of primary plastids: a pas de deux or a ménage à trois? Plant Cell (2013) 0.85
A metabarcoding framework for facilitated survey of endolithic phototrophs with tufA. BMC Ecol (2016) 0.85
Mutational pressure dictates synonymous codon usage in freshwater unicellular α - cyanobacterial descendant Paulinella chromatophora and β - cyanobacterium Synechococcus elongatus PCC6301. Springerplus (2013) 0.81
What was the real contribution of endosymbionts to the eukaryotic nucleus? Insights from photosynthetic eukaryotes. Cold Spring Harb Perspect Biol (2014) 0.80
Gene transfers from diverse bacteria compensate for reductive genome evolution in the chromatophore of Paulinella chromatophora. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2016) 0.79
Protein import into the photosynthetic organelles of Paulinella chromatophora and its implications for primary plastid endosymbiosis. Symbiosis (2012) 0.79
Metabolic connectivity as a driver of host and endosymbiont integration. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2015) 0.78
Metabolic constraints for a novel symbiosis. R Soc Open Sci (2016) 0.78
Gene transfers shaped the evolution of de novo NAD+ biosynthesis in eukaryotes. Genome Biol Evol (2014) 0.78
How protein targeting to primary plastids via the endomembrane system could have evolved? A new hypothesis based on phylogenetic studies. Biol Direct (2013) 0.78
Early photosynthetic eukaryotes inhabited low-salinity habitats. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2017) 0.78
Phylogeny of the Vitamin K 2,3-Epoxide Reductase (VKOR) Family and Evolutionary Relationship to the Disulfide Bond Formation Protein B (DsbB) Family. Nutrients (2015) 0.77
Guanchochroma wildpretii gen. et spec. nov. (Ochrophyta) Provides New Insights into the Diversification and Evolution of the Algal Class Synchromophyceae. PLoS One (2015) 0.76
Natural selection drove metabolic specialization of the chromatophore in Paulinella chromatophora. BMC Evol Biol (2017) 0.75
Evolution of bacterial recombinase A (recA) in eukaryotes explained by addition of genomic data of key microbial lineages. Proc Biol Sci (2016) 0.75
How Really Ancient Is Paulinella Chromatophora? PLoS Curr (2016) 0.75
The Cosmic Zoo: The (Near) Inevitability of the Evolution of Complex, Macroscopic Life. Life (Basel) (2016) 0.75
Review: origin of complex algae by secondary endosymbiosis: a journey through time. Protoplasma (2017) 0.75
Identification of Cyanobacteria in a Eutrophic Coastal Lagoon on the Southern Baltic Coast. Front Microbiol (2017) 0.75
Hold the salt: Freshwater origin of primary plastids. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2017) 0.75
Re-analyses of "Algal" Genes Suggest a Complex Evolutionary History of Oomycetes. Front Plant Sci (2017) 0.75
A promiscuous intermediate underlies the evolution of LEAFY DNA binding specificity. Science (2014) 3.11
Horizontal transfer of an adaptive chimeric photoreceptor from bryophytes to ferns. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2014) 2.42
Minimal plastid genome evolution in the Paulinella endosymbiont. Curr Biol (2006) 2.23
Origin of land plants: do conjugating green algae hold the key? BMC Evol Biol (2011) 2.04
Evaluating methods for isolating total RNA and predicting the success of sequencing phylogenetically diverse plant transcriptomes. PLoS One (2012) 1.82
Chromatophore genome sequence of Paulinella sheds light on acquisition of photosynthesis by eukaryotes. Curr Biol (2008) 1.82
The ultrastructure of the Chlamydomonas reinhardtii basal apparatus: identification of an early marker of radial asymmetry inherent in the basal body. J Cell Sci (2004) 1.56
Endosymbiotic associations within protists. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci (2010) 1.43
Molecular phylogeny and classification of the Mamiellophyceae class. nov. (Chlorophyta) based on sequence comparisons of the nuclear- and plastid-encoded rRNA operons. Protist (2009) 1.36
Chlamydial genes shed light on the evolution of photoautotrophic eukaryotes. BMC Evol Biol (2008) 1.31
Phylogenetic analyses of nuclear, mitochondrial, and plastid multigene data sets support the placement of Mesostigma in the Streptophyta. Mol Biol Evol (2006) 1.22
Endosymbiotic gene transfer and transcriptional regulation of transferred genes in Paulinella chromatophora. Mol Biol Evol (2010) 1.20
Phylogeny and taxonomic revision of plastid-containing euglenophytes based on SSU rDNA sequence comparisons and synapomorphic signatures in the SSU rRNA secondary structure. Protist (2003) 1.18
Are combined analyses better than single gene phylogenies? A case study using SSU rDNA and rbcL sequence comparisons in the Zygnematophyceae (Streptophyta). Mol Biol Evol (2004) 1.12
The ancestor of the Paulinella chromatophore obtained a carboxysomal operon by horizontal gene transfer from a Nitrococcus-like gamma-proteobacterium. BMC Evol Biol (2007) 1.11
Centrin scaffold in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii revealed by immunoelectron microscopy. Eukaryot Cell (2005) 1.10
EST analysis of the scaly green flagellate Mesostigma viride (Streptophyta): implications for the evolution of green plants (Viridiplantae). BMC Plant Biol (2006) 1.05
The use of multiple-strain algal sensor chips for the detection and identification of volatile organic compounds. Biosens Bioelectron (2004) 1.03
Picomonas judraskeda gen. et sp. nov.: the first identified member of the Picozoa phylum nov., a widespread group of picoeukaryotes, formerly known as 'picobiliphytes'. PLoS One (2013) 0.97
Shedding light on vampires: the phylogeny of vampyrellid amoebae revisited. PLoS One (2012) 0.95
Nuclear and nucleomorph SSU rDNA phylogeny in the Cryptophyta and the evolution of cryptophyte diversity. J Mol Evol (2002) 0.95
Revision of the genus Cryptomonas (Cryptophyceae): a combination of molecular phylogeny and morphology provides insights into a long-hidden dimorphism. Protist (2003) 0.91
A close-up view on ITS2 evolution and speciation - a case study in the Ulvophyceae (Chlorophyta, Viridiplantae). BMC Evol Biol (2011) 0.90
In search of monophyletic taxa in the family Desmidiaceae (Zygnematophyceae, Viridiplantae): the genus Cosmarium. Am J Bot (2008) 0.90
A consensus secondary structure of ITS2 in the chlorophyta identified by phylogenetic reconstruction. Protist (2013) 0.88
Addendum: independent optical excitation of distinct neural populations. Nat Methods (2014) 0.85
The mystery of clade X: Orciraptor gen. nov. and Viridiraptor gen. nov. are highly specialised, algivorous amoeboflagellates (Glissomonadida, Cercozoa). Protist (2013) 0.83
Actin phylogeny and intron distribution in bangiophyte red algae(rhodoplantae). J Mol Evol (2005) 0.81
Nucleomorph and plastid genome sequences of the chlorarachniophyte Lotharella oceanica: convergent reductive evolution and frequent recombination in nucleomorph-bearing algae. BMC Genomics (2014) 0.81
Lineage-specific variations of congruent evolution among DNA sequences from three genomes, and relaxed selective constraints on rbcL in Cryptomonas (Cryptophyceae). BMC Evol Biol (2005) 0.80
A study of conflict between molecular phylogeny and taxonomy in the Desmidiaceae (Streptophyta, Viridiplantae): analyses of 291 rbcL sequences. Protist (2010) 0.80
The 96-well twin-layer system: a novel approach in the cultivation of microalgae. Protist (2005) 0.79
In vivo localization of centrin in the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Cell Motil Cytoskeleton (2002) 0.78
Genetic Programming as a tool for identification of analyte-specificity from complex response patterns using a non-specific whole-cell biosensor. Biosens Bioelectron (2012) 0.77
Evolution of helix formation in the ribosomal Internal Transcribed Spacer 2 (ITS2) and its significance for RNA secondary structures. J Mol Evol (2014) 0.76
Protist--the first 15 years. Protist (2013) 0.75
Immobilized growth of the peridinin-producing marine dinoflagellate Symbiodinium in a simple biofilm photobioreactor. Mar Biotechnol (NY) (2014) 0.75
Protist--continuity and change. Protist (2015) 0.75