Plastid genomes

Curr Biol. 2018 Apr 23;28(8):R336-R337. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2018.01.027.

Authors

Jan de Vries¹, John M Archibald²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada. Electronic address: jan.devries@dal.ca.
² Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada; Program in Integrated Microbial Biodiversity, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, Toronto, ON, Canada. Electronic address: john.archibald@dal.ca.

PMID: 29689202
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2018.01.027

Abstract

de Vries and Archibald introduce the topic of plastid genomes - prokaryotic genomes housed within eukaryotic algae and plants.

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Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Cyanobacteria / genetics
Evolution, Molecular
Genome, Plastid / genetics*
Genome, Plastid / physiology
Phylogeny
Plants / genetics
Plastids / genetics*
Plastids / metabolism*
Symbiosis / genetics
Symbiosis / physiology