Plastid evolution: gene transfer and the maintenance of 'stolen' organelles

Many heterotrophic organisms sequester plastids from prey algae and temporarily utilize their photosynthetic capacity. A recent article in BMC Genomics reveals that the dinoflagellate Dinophysis acuminata has acquired photosynthesis-related genes by horizontal gene transfer, which might explain its...

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Autores principales: Kim, Eunsoo, Archibald, John M
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Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2883544/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20594287
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1741-7007-8-73
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description Many heterotrophic organisms sequester plastids from prey algae and temporarily utilize their photosynthetic capacity. A recent article in BMC Genomics reveals that the dinoflagellate Dinophysis acuminata has acquired photosynthesis-related genes by horizontal gene transfer, which might explain its ability to retain 'stolen' plastids for extended periods of time. See research article http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2164/11/366
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spelling pubmed-28835442010-06-11 Plastid evolution: gene transfer and the maintenance of 'stolen' organelles Kim, Eunsoo Archibald, John M BMC Biol Commentary Many heterotrophic organisms sequester plastids from prey algae and temporarily utilize their photosynthetic capacity. A recent article in BMC Genomics reveals that the dinoflagellate Dinophysis acuminata has acquired photosynthesis-related genes by horizontal gene transfer, which might explain its ability to retain 'stolen' plastids for extended periods of time. See research article http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2164/11/366 BioMed Central 2010-06-10 /pmc/articles/PMC2883544/ /pubmed/20594287 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1741-7007-8-73 Text en Copyright ©2010 Kim and Archibald; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Plastid evolution: gene transfer and the maintenance of 'stolen' organelles
title Plastid evolution: gene transfer and the maintenance of 'stolen' organelles
title_full Plastid evolution: gene transfer and the maintenance of 'stolen' organelles
title_fullStr Plastid evolution: gene transfer and the maintenance of 'stolen' organelles
title_full_unstemmed Plastid evolution: gene transfer and the maintenance of 'stolen' organelles
title_short Plastid evolution: gene transfer and the maintenance of 'stolen' organelles
title_sort plastid evolution: gene transfer and the maintenance of 'stolen' organelles
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2883544/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20594287
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1741-7007-8-73
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