Comparative genomic studies suggest that the cyanobacterial endosymbionts of the amoeba Paulinella chromatophora possess an import apparatus for nuclear-encoded proteins

Plant Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 639-649

  Bodyl A ^a   Mackiewicz, P ^a   Stiller, J W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WROC AW   (Poland)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Endosymbiosis; Gene transfer; Plastid; Protein trafficking; Tic; Toc

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENDOSYMBIONT; GENE TRANSFER; GENOME; PLASTID; PROTEIN; PROTOZOAN;

AMOEBA (LIFE CYCLE STAGE); ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; CELL NUCLEUS; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; CYANOBACTERIUM; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; PLASTID; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SYMBIOSIS;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMOEBA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL NUCLEUS; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; CYANOBACTERIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PHYLOGENY; PLASTIDS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMALIA; CYANOBACTERIA; EMBRYOPHYTA; GLAUCOCYSTOPHYCEAE; PAULINELLA; PAULINELLA CHROMATOPHORA; PROTISTA; RHODOPHYTA; VIRIDIPLANTAE;

EID: 77955970879     PISSN: 14358603     EISSN: 14388677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1438-8677.2009.00264.x     Document Type: Article

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