Escape and migration of nucleic acids between chloroplasts, mitochondria, and the nucleus

International Review of Cytology

Volumn 165, Issue , 1996, Pages 207-234

  Thorsness, P E ^a   Weber, E R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Chloroplast; DNA escape; Genome; Mitochondria; Nucleus

Indexed keywords

DNA; DNA FRAGMENT; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; NUCLEIC ACID; RNA;

AUTOPHAGY; CELL METABOLISM; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL ORGANELLE; CHLOROPLAST; CYTOLOGY; CYTOPLASM; EVOLUTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; MEMBRANE FUSION; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REVIEW;

EID: 0029996029     PISSN: 00747696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/s0074-7696(08)62223-8     Document Type: Review

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