A briefly argued case that mitochondria and plastids are descendants of endosymbionts, but that the nuclear compartment is not

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 266, Issue 1426, 1999, Pages 1387-1395

  Martin, William ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chloroplasts; Endosymbiosis; Hydrogenosomes; Mitochondria; Plants; Protists

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BIOCHEMISTRY; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL ORGANELLE; CHLOROPLAST; EUKARYOTIC CELL; GENE; MITOCHONDRION; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLASTID; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYMBIOSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; PROTISTA;

EID: 0033532963     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.1999.0792     Document Type: Review

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