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Review
. 2015 May 15;334(1):61-9.
doi: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2015.02.010. Epub 2015 Feb 20.

Mitosis, microtubule dynamics and the evolution of kinesins

Juan Jesus Vicente  1 , Linda Wordeman  2
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Review

Mitosis, microtubule dynamics and the evolution of kinesins

Juan Jesus Vicente et al. Exp Cell Res. .
No abstract available

Keywords: Evolution; Evolutionary cell biology; Kinesin; LECA; Microtubule dynamics; Mitosis; Protist.

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Figure 1
Figure 1
Six eukaryotic supergroups including, in each case, a few members in which kinesins have been unambiguously identified. Organisms thought to be more deeply rooted are indicated (*).
Figure 2
Figure 2
Distribution of kinesins in deep-rooted eukaryotes. We manually analyzed the genome of several protists from the groups Excavata, Alveolates, Opisthokonts and Amoebozoa searching for kinesins. Presence of a kinesin member in the genome is indicated with a green filled circle. The number in parenthesis after the name indicates the number of kinesin families for each organism. We have checked the genomes of the next eukaryotes: Acanthamoeba (A castellanii), Angomonas (A deanei), Anncaliia (A algerae), Babesia (B. bovis, B. microti), Blastocystis (B. hominis), Crithidia (C. fasciculate), Cryptosporidium (C. hominis, C. muris, C. parvum), Edhazardia (E. aedis), Eimeria (E. acervulina, E. brunetti, E. falciformis, E. maxima, E. mitis, E. necatrix, E. praecox, E. tenella), Encephalitozoon (E. cuniculi, E. hellem, E. intestinalis, E. romaleae), Entamoeba (E. dispar, E. histolytica, E. invadens, E. moshkovskii, E. nuttalli), Enterocytozoon (E. bieneusi), Giardia (G. intestinalis), Gregarina (G. niphandrodes), Hammondia (H. hammondi), Leishmania (L braziliensis, L donovani, L infantum, L major, L mexicana, L tarentolae), Naegleria (N. gruberi), Nannochloropsis (N. gaditana), Nematocida (N. parisii), Neospora (N. caninum), Nosema (N. bombycis, N. ceranae), Phytomonas spp (different isolates), Plasmodium (P. berghei, P. chabaudi, P. cynomolgi, P. falciparum, P. gallinaceum, P. knowlesi, P. reichenowi, P. vivax, P. yoelii), Spironucleus (S. salmonicida), Spraguea (S. lophii), Strigomonas (S. culicis), Tetrahymena (T. thermophila), Theileria (T. annulata, T. equi, T. orientalis, T. parva), Toxoplasma (T. gondii), Trachipleistophora (T. hominis), Trichomonas (T. vaginalis), Trypanosoma (T. brucei, T. congolense, T. cruzi, T. evansi, T. grayi, T. rangeli, T. vivax), Vavraia (V. culicis), and Vittaforma (V. corneae).
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