Genomics and chloroplast evolution: what did cyanobacteria do for plants?

Plant chloroplast originated, through endosymbiosis, from a cyanobacterium, but the genomic legacy of cyanobacterial ancestry extends far beyond the chloroplast itself, and persists in organisms that have lost chloroplasts completely.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Raven, John A, Allen, John F
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: BioMed Central 2003
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC153454/