Genome erosion in a nitrogen-fixing vertically transmitted endosymbiotic multicellular cyanobacterium.

Genome erosion in a nitrogen-fixing vertically transmitted endosymbiotic multicellular cyanobacterium.

<h4>Background</h4>An ancient cyanobacterial incorporation into a eukaryotic organism led to the evolution of plastids (chloroplasts) and subsequently to the origin of the plant kingdom. The underlying mechanism and the identities of the partners in this monophyletic event remain elusive...

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Main Authors: Liang Ran, John Larsson, Theoden Vigil-Stenman, Johan A A Nylander, Karolina Ininbergs, Wei-Wen Zheng, Alla Lapidus, Stephen Lowry, Robert Haselkorn, Birgitta Bergman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-07-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/20628610/?tool=EBI

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