Genomics and chloroplast evolution: what did cyanobacteria do for plants?

2003/01/01 by John A. Raven, John F. Allen · 1 citation
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Environmental Science · #Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms #Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies #Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology

paper · pdf · doi:10.1186/gb-2003-4-3-209

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Abstract

The complete genome sequences of cyanobacteria and of the higher plant Arabidopsis thaliana leave no doubt that the plant chloroplast originated, through endosymbiosis, from a cyanobacterium. But the genomic legacy of cyanobacterial ancestry extends far beyond the chloroplast itself, and persists in organisms that have lost chloroplasts completely.

Citations

• Analysis of the genome sequence of the flowering plant Arabidopsis thaliana
• Evolutionary analysis of Arabidopsis , cyanobacterial, and chloroplast genomes reveals plastid phylogeny and thousands of cyanobacterial genes in the nucleus
• Direct measurement of the transfer rate of chloroplast DNA into the nucleus

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• Photosynthesis [wikipedia]