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CYTOCHROME c, by virtue of its relatively slow evolution and the large number of sequences already determined, is particularly well suited for investigating the phylogenetic relationships among major taxonomic groups, including the relationship of the protozoans to the metazoans. Among the metazoans, more than fifty cytochromes c have been sequenced from fungi, plants, insects and vertebrates. Already one protozoan sequence has been determined, that of Crithidia oncopelti1, and here we describe a second, from the protozoan, Euglena gracilis.
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LIN, D., NIECE, R. & FITCH, W. The Properties and Amino-acid Sequence of Cytochrome c from Euglena gracilis. Nature 241, 533–535 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1038/241533a0
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