Chlamydia, cyanobiont, or host: Who was on top in the ménage à trois?

Trends in Plant Science

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 673-679

  Facchinelli, Fabio ^a   Colleoni, Christophe ^b   Ball, Steven G ^b   Weber, Andreas P M ^a  

^a Heinrich Heine Universität and Cluster of Excellence on Plant Sciences   (Germany)

^b UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

Endosymbiosis; Metabolite transport; Plastid evolution

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEPLASTIDA; CHLAMYDIA; EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; RHODOPHYTA;

GLYCOGEN;

CHLAMYDIA; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENDOSYMBIOSIS; GENETICS; GLAUCOPHYTA; METABOLISM; METABOLITE TRANSPORT; MICROBIOLOGY; PLASTID; PLASTID EVOLUTION; RED ALGA; REVIEW; SYMBIOSIS;

ENDOSYMBIOSIS; METABOLITE TRANSPORT; PLASTID EVOLUTION;

CHLAMYDIA; CYANOBACTERIA; GLAUCOPHYTA; GLYCOGEN; PLASTIDS; RHODOPHYTA; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 84888437183     PISSN: 13601385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2013.09.006     Document Type: Review

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