Gene phylogenies and the endosymbiotic origin of plastids

CONFIDENCE LIMITS ON PHYLOGENIES: AN APPROACH USING THE BOOTSTRAP

1985 • 39,646 citations

Confidence Limits on Phylogenies: An Approach Using the Bootstrap

1985 • 18,213 citations

Bacterial evolution

1987 • 2,303 citations

On the origin of mitosing cells

1967 • 1,504 citations

Cell culture and somatic cell genetics of plants

1984 • 1,336 citations

The complete sequence of the rice (Oryza sativa) chloroplast genome: Intermolecular recombination between distinct tRNA genes accounts for a major plastid DNA inversion during the evolution of the cereals

1989 • 1,177 citations

Evolutionary relationship of archaebacteria, eubacteria, and eukaryotes inferred from phylogenetic trees of duplicated genes.

1989 • 906 citations

The Discovery and Importance of Multiple Islands of Most-Parsimonious Trees

1991 • 803 citations

Mitochondrial origins.

1985 • 606 citations

Early evolution and the origin of eukaryotes

1991 • 506 citations

The Topology of the Plastoquinone and Herbicide Binding Peptides of Photosystem II in the Thylakoid Membrane

1986 • 487 citations

Monophyly of the Asteridae and Identification of Their Major Lineages Inferred From DNA Sequences of rbcL

1992 • 472 citations

Plastid Chromosomes: Structure and Evolution

1991 • 441 citations

The evolutionary origins of organelles

1989 • 342 citations

The chloroplasts of Euglena may have evolved from symbiotic green algae

1978 • 340 citations

Multiple evolutionary origins of prochlorophytes within the cyanobacterial radiation

1992 • 331 citations

THE CHLOROPLASTS OF SOME ALGAL GROUPS MAY HAVE EVOLVED FROM ENDOSYMBIOTIC EUKARYOTIC ALGAE

1981 • 304 citations

CONFIDENCE LIMITS ON PHYLOGENIES: THE BOOTSTRAP REVISITED

1989 • 290 citations

The organization and sequence of the genes for ATP synthase subunits in the cyanobacterium Synechococcus 6301

1987 • 286 citations

Cryptomonad algae are evolutionary chimaeras of two phylogenetically distinct unicellular eukaryotes

1991 • 282 citations

Multiple evolutionary origins of prochlorophytes, the chlorophyllb-containing prokaryotes

1992 • 280 citations

A nuclear gene encoding the beta subunit of the mitochondrial ATP synthase in Nicotiana plumbaginifolia.

1985 • 274 citations

Evolutionary transfer of the chloroplast tufA gene to the nucleus

1990 • 236 citations

The maize chloroplast genes for the β and ε subunits of the photosynthetic factor CF₁are fused

1982 • 235 citations

The origins of plastids

1982 • 221 citations

The atp operon: nucleotide sequence of the genes for the γ, β, and ε subunits of Escherichia coli ATP synthase

1981 • 207 citations

A new prokaryote containing chlorophylls a and b

1986 • 199 citations

Substitutional bias confounds inference of cyanelle origins from sequence data

1992 • 177 citations

psbA genes indicate common ancestry of prochlorophytes and chloroplasts

1989 • 165 citations

The relationship of a prochlorophyte Prochlorothrix hollandicato green chloroplasts

1989 • 160 citations

Molecular evidence for the origin of plastids from a cyanobacterium-like ancestor

1991 • 151 citations

Sequence and over-expression of subunits of adenosine triphosphate synthase in thermophilic bacterium PS3

1988 • 144 citations

Nucleotide sequence of the Rhodospirillum rubrum atp operon

1985 • 144 citations

Rhodopseudomonas blastica atp operon

1984 • 134 citations

CHLOROPLAST EVOLUTION

1981 • 133 citations

The sites of labeling of the beta-subunit of bovine mitochondrial F1-ATPase with 8-azido-ATP.

1983 • 130 citations

Nucleotide sequence, transcriptional analysis, and expression of genes encoded within the form I CO2 fixation operon of Rhodobacter sphaeroides

1991 • 121 citations

Overlap and cotranscription of the genes for the beta and epsilon subunits of tobacco chloroplast ATPase

1983 • 111 citations

Structure and organization of Marchantia polymorpha chloroplast genome

1988 • 106 citations

Rubisco genes indicate a close phylogenetic relation between the plastids of Chromophyta and Rhodophyta

1990 • 105 citations

Different fates of the chloroplast tufA gene following its transfer to the nucleus in green algae.

1990 • 104 citations

Molecular phylogenies of plastid origins and algal evolution

1992 • 95 citations

Characterization of Peptidoglycan from the Cyanelles of Cyanophora paradoxa

1979 • 94 citations

Identification and organization of carbon dioxide fixation genes in Xanthobacter flavus H4-14

1991 • 88 citations

Gene structure of the human mitochondrial adenosine triphosphate synthase beta subunit.

1988 • 86 citations

The sequence of the chloroplast atpB gene and its flanking regions in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

1986 • 86 citations

Eight small subunits of Euglena ribulose 1-5 bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase are translated from a large mRNA as a polyprotein.

1990 • 83 citations

Sequence analysis and phylogenetic reconstruction of the genes encoding the large and small subunits of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase from the chlorophyllb-containing prokaryoteProchlorothrix hollandica

1991 • 81 citations

Structure of the Rubisco operon from the unicellular red algaCyanidium caldarium: Evidence for a polyphyletic origin of the plastids

1990 • 78 citations

Complete nucleotide sequences of seven eubacterial genes coding for the elongation factor Tu: functional, structural and phylogenetic evaluations

1990 • 68 citations

Genes encoding the beta and epsilon subunits of the proton-translocating ATPase from Anabaena sp. strain PCC 7120

1987 • 67 citations

Evidence for a composite phylogenetic origin of the plastid genome of the brown alga Pylaiella littoralis (L.) Kjellm

1990 • 66 citations

Gene map for the Cyanophora paradoxa cyanelle genome

1985 • 65 citations

Evidence for two sets of structural genes coding for ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase in Thiobacillus ferrooxidans

1991 • 65 citations

Structure of the rubisco operon from the multicellular red alga Antithamnion spec.

1990 • 63 citations

The atp1 and atp2 operons of the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

1991 • 62 citations

CHLOROPLAST EVOLUTION?ANCIENT AND MODERN

1981 • 55 citations

Cotranscription, deduced primary structure, and expression of the chloroplast-encoded rbcL and rbcS genes of the marine diatom Cylindrotheca sp. strain N1.

1991 • 55 citations

Genes for the plastid elongation factor Tu and ribosomal protein S7 and six tRNA genes on the 73 kb DNA from Astasia longa that resembles the chloroplast DNA of Euglena

1990 • 53 citations

Puzzles of chloroplast ancestry

1992 • 52 citations

The psbA-gene from a red alga resembles those from Cyanobacteria and Cyanelles

1990 • 52 citations

Evolution of the Rubisco operon from prokaryotes to algae: Structure and analysis of the rbcS gene of the brown alga Pylaiella littoralis

1991 • 49 citations

PROCHLORON AND THE THEORY OF SYMBIOGENESIS

1981 • 48 citations

Nucleotide sequence of theuncoperon ofVibrio alginolyticus

1989 • 46 citations

Chloroplast ATPase genes in the diatom Odontella sinensis reflect cyanobacterial characters in structure and arrangement

1992 • 45 citations

Organization and nucleotide sequence of the atp genes encoding the ATP synthase from alkaliphilic Bacillus firmus OF4

1991 • 45 citations

Sequence and expression of genes encoding the large and small subunits of ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase from Chromatium vinosum

1991 • 43 citations

Functional Analysis of the Photosynthetic Apparatus of Prochlorothrix hollandica (Prochlorales), a Chlorophyll b Containing Procaryote

1989 • 42 citations

Evolutionary relationship of psbA genes from cyanobacteria, cyanelles and plastids

1989 • 41 citations

The cyanelle str operon from Cyanophora paradoxa: Sequence analysis and phylogenetic implications

1990 • 37 citations

-Subunit of ATP-synthase: a Useful Marker for Studying the Phylogenetic Relationship of Eubacteria

1988 • 37 citations

Structural similarities between psbA genes from red and brown algae

1991 • 33 citations

Unusual organization of a ribosomal protein operon in the plastid genome of Cryptomonas ?: evolutionary considerations

1991 • 28 citations

Evidence for multiple xenogenous origins of plastids: comparison of psbA-genes with a xanthophyte sequence

1991 • 28 citations

Nucleotide sequences ofCyanophora paradoxa cellular and cyanelle-associated 5S ribosomal RNAs: The cyanelle as a potential intermediate in plastid evolution

1986 • 27 citations

Nucleotide sequence and expression of a deep-sea ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase gene cloned from a chemoautotrophic bacterial endosymbiont.

1990 • 26 citations

Plastid DNA from Pyrenomonas salina (Cryptophyceae): physical map, genes, and evolutionary implications

1992 • 25 citations

Physical map and protein gene map of cyanelle DNA from the second known isolate of Cyanophora paradoxa (Kies-strain)

1988 • 22 citations

Nucleotide sequence of the large subunit of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase from the green algaBryopsis maxima

1991 • 19 citations

Isolation and nucleotide sequence of a cDNA clone encoding the beta subunit of mitochondrial ATP synthase from Hevea brasiliensis

1992 • 19 citations

Nucleotide sequence of a cDNA encoding the beta subunit of the mitochondrial ATP synthase fromZea mays

1990 • 19 citations

A description of the Rubisco large subunit gene and its transcript in Olisthodiscus luteus

1992 • 18 citations

Nucleotide sequence of a full-length cDNA coding for the mitochondrial precursor protein of the β-subunit of F₁-ATPase fromNeurospora crassa

1990 • 17 citations

Sequence of the genes for the β and ε subunits of the ATP synthase of bacillus megaterium QM B1551

1988 • 15 citations

Nucleotide sequence and phylogenetic implication of the ATPase subunits ? and ? encoded in the chloroplast genome of the brown alga Dictyota dichotoma

1992 • 14 citations

Nucleotide sequences of theatpB and theatpE genes of the brown algaPylaiella littoralis (L.) Kjellm

1992 • 11 citations

Cloning and sequencing of genes encoding the beta subunits of the ATP-synthases fromEnterobacter aerogenesandFlavobacterium ferrugineum

1988 • 11 citations

β subunit of mitochondrial F₁‐ATPase from the fission yeast

1991 • 8 citations

Sequence of the gene encoding the ATP synthase beta subunit from alkaliphilicBacillus firmusRAB

1990 • 8 citations