Evidence for lateral transfer of genes encoding ferredoxins, nitroreductases, NADH oxidase, and alcohol dehydrogenase 3 from anaerobic prokaryotes to Giardia lamblia and Entamoeba histolytica

Giardia lamblia and Entamoeba histolytica are amitochondriate, microaerophilic protists which use fermentation enzymes like those of bacteria to survive anaerobic conditions within the intestinal lumen. Genes encoding fermentation enzymes and related electron transport peptides (e.g., ferredoxins) i...

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Published in:	Eukaryotic cell Vol. 1; no. 2; p. 181
Main Authors:	Nixon, Julie E J, Wang, Amy, Field, Jessica, Morrison, Hilary G, McArthur, Andrew G, Sogin, Mitchell L, Loftus, Brendan J, Samuelson, John
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States 01.04.2002
Subjects:	Alcohol Dehydrogenase - analysis Alcohol Dehydrogenase - genetics Amino Acid Sequence Anaerobiosis Animals Bacteria - genetics Entamoeba histolytica - enzymology Entamoeba histolytica - genetics Fermentation Ferredoxins - analysis Ferredoxins - classification Ferredoxins - genetics Gene Transfer, Horizontal Giardia lamblia - enzymology Giardia lamblia - genetics Iron-Sulfur Proteins - genetics Mitochondria - genetics Models, Biological Molecular Sequence Data Multienzyme Complexes - analysis Multienzyme Complexes - genetics NADH, NADPH Oxidoreductases - analysis NADH, NADPH Oxidoreductases - genetics Nitroreductases - analysis Nitroreductases - classification Nitroreductases - genetics Oxidoreductases - genetics Phylogeny Prokaryotic Cells - metabolism Sequence Alignment Sequence Analysis, Protein
ISSN:	1535-9778
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