| Literature DB >> 11818081 |
Abstract
Chloroplasts originated from cyanobacteria only once, but have been laterally transferred to other lineages by symbiogenetic cell mergers. Such secondary symbiogenesis is rarer and chloroplast losses commoner than often assumed.Mesh:
Year: 2002 PMID: 11818081 DOI: 10.1016/s0960-9822(01)00675-3
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Curr Biol ISSN: 0960-9822 Impact factor: 10.834