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An amoeba named Paulinella harbours 'chromatophores', cyanobacterium-derived photosynthetic bodies that evolved independent of plastids. Proteomics has shown that hundreds of nucleus-encoded proteins are targeted to the chromatophore, revealing the host… Click to show full abstract
An amoeba named Paulinella harbours 'chromatophores', cyanobacterium-derived photosynthetic bodies that evolved independent of plastids. Proteomics has shown that hundreds of nucleus-encoded proteins are targeted to the chromatophore, revealing the host cell's contributions to its recently established organelle.
Keywords:
protein import;
nascent photosynthetic;
photosynthetic organelle;
biology;
import nascent;
evolution protein
Journal Title: Current Biology
Year Published: 2017
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Journal Title: Current Biology
Year Published: 2017
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