Why are plastid genomes retained in non-photosynthetic organisms?

Trends in Plant Science

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 101-108

  Barbrook, Adrian C ^a   Howe, Christopher J ^a   Purton, Saul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMIC ACID TRANSFER RNA; HEME; METHIONINE TRANSFER RNA; TRANSFER RNA;

ANIMAL; APICOMPLEXA; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENE; GENETICS; GENOME; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASTID; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; RNA GENE;

ANIMALS; APICOMPLEXA; GENES, PLANT; GENES, RRNA; GENOME; HEME; MITOCHONDRIA; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLASTIDS; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RNA, TRANSFER; RNA, TRANSFER, GLU; RNA, TRANSFER, MET;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA;

EID: 32544451561     PISSN: 13601385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2005.12.004     Document Type: Review

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