Why have organelles retained genomes?

Trends in Genetics

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 364-370

  Race, Helen L ^a   Herrmann, Reinhold G ^b   Martin, William ^c  

^a Menzinger ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; RNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; CELL ORGANELLE; CHLOROPLAST; CODING; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; EUBACTERIUM; GENOME; MITOCHONDRIAL ENERGY TRANSFER; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PLASTID; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0033199778     PISSN: 01689525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9525(99)01766-7     Document Type: Note

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