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

Genome Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2003, Pages

  Raven, John A ^a   Allen, John F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; BACTERIAL GENOME; CHLOROPLAST; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENDOSYMBIOSIS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOMICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PLANT GENETICS; PLANT LEAF; SHORT SURVEY; BACTERIAL GENE; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; EMBRYOPHYTA;

CHLOROPLASTS; CYANOBACTERIA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOMICS; PLANTS;

EID: 0037264370     PISSN: 14656906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/gb-2003-4-3-209     Document Type: Short Survey

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