Are Cyanobacteria an Ancestor of Chloroplasts or Just One of the Gene Donors for Plants and Algae?

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 and cyanobacterial genomes was import...

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Main Author: Naoki Sato
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-05-01
Series:Genes
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4425/12/6/823