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protists

Known as: Protist, Protista 
A taxonomic kingdom that includes algae, protozoa, slime molds, and water molds. Members of kingdom protista are aerobic and may be unicellular… 
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ChrysophytaDinophyceaeEuglenaLichen - organism
DiatomsEukaryotic Cells

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EukaryotaMicroorganism

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Review
2011
Review
2011
Plastid Origin and Evolution: New Models Provide Insights into Old Problems1
Algae are defined by their photosynthetic organelles (plastids) that have had multiple independent origins in different phyla… 
Review
2010
Review
2010
Mitochondrial uncoupling proteins in unicellular eukaryotes.
Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Advantages of the metagenomic approach for soil exploration: reply from Vogel et al.
systems insights will be obtained. This is particularly relevant as the majority of the microorganisms in soil cannot yet be… 
Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
In the Light of Evolution III: Two Centuries of Darwin Sackler Colloquium: Cascades of convergent evolution: The corresponding evolutionary histories of euglenozoans and dinoflagellates
Review
2006
Review
2006
Cellular and molecular mechanics of gliding locomotion in eukaryotes.
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
A thermostable vacuolar‐type membrane pyrophosphatase from the archaeon Pyrobaculum aerophilum: implications for the origins of pyrophosphate‐energized pumps
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Distinct Annexin Subfamilies in Plants and Protists Diverged Prior to Animal Annexins and from a Common Ancestor
Abstract. Annexin homologues in the kingdoms of Planta and Protista were characterized by molecular sequence analysis to… 
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Selenocysteyl-tRNAs recognize UGA in Beta vulgaris, a higher plant, and in Gliocladium virens, a filamentous fungus.
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Phylogenetic association of Pneumocystis carinii with the 'Rhizopoda/Myxomycota/Zygomycota group' indicated by comparison of 5S ribosomal RNA sequences.
Review
1989
Review
1989
Functions of intermediate filaments.
Intermediate filaments (IFs) are the most enigmatic component of the eukaryotic cytoskeleton. IFs are often a major component of… 
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