Are Cyanobacteria an Ancestor of Chloroplasts or Just One of the Gene Donors for Plants and Algae?
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DOI: 10.3390/genes12060823
Abstract: Chloroplasts of plants and algae are currently believed to originate from a cyanobacterial endosymbiont, mainly based on the shared proteins involved in the oxygenic photosynthesis and gene expression system. The phylogenetic relationship between the chloroplast… read more here.
Keywords: chloroplast formation; chloroplasts one; ancestor chloroplasts; plants algae ... See more keywords