DNA transfer from chloroplast to nucleus is much rarer in Chlamydomonas than in tobacco

Gene

Volumn 316, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 33-38

  Lister, Diane L ^a   Bateman, Joseph M ^b,c   Purton, Saul ^b   Howe, Christopher J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Endosymbiosis; Gene transfer; Genome evolution; Organelle; Translocation; Transposition

Indexed keywords

PLANT DNA;

ALGAL CELL CULTURE; ALGAL GENETICS; ALGAL GROWTH; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CHLOROPLAST; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA TRANSFER; FUNGAL GENETICS; GENOME; GREEN ALGA; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; STRESS; TOBACCO;

ALGAE; CHLAMYDOMONAS; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CHLOROPHYTA; EMBRYOPHYTA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0141991994     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(03)00754-6     Document Type: Article

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