Tracing the primordial chlamydiae: Extinct parasites of plants?

Trends in Plant Science

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 36-43

  Subtil, Agathe ^a,b   Collingro, Astrid ^c   Horn, Matthias ^c  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Archaeplastida; Chlamydiae; Emergence of plants; Intracellular development; Plastid establishment; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; ARCHAEPLASTIDA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDIAE; CYANOBACTERIA; EUKARYOTA; INVERTEBRATA; PROTISTA; VERTEBRATA;

ADAPTATION; ARCHAEPLASTIDA; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIAE; EMERGENCE OF PLANTS; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; HOST RANGE; INTRACELLULAR DEVELOPMENT; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLASTID; PLASTID ESTABLISHMENT; REVIEW; SYMBIOSIS;

ARCHAEPLASTIDA; CHLAMYDIAE; EMERGENCE OF PLANTS; INTRACELLULAR DEVELOPMENT; PLASTID ESTABLISHMENT; SYMBIOSIS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CHLAMYDIA; HOST SPECIFICITY; PLANTS; PLASTIDS; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 84891371167     PISSN: 13601385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2013.10.005     Document Type: Review

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