Mechanisms of organelle division and inheritance and their implications regarding the origin of eukaryotic cells
Mitochondria and plastids have their own DNAs and are regarded as descendants of endosymbiotic prokaryotes. Organellar DNAs are not naked in vivo but are associated with basic proteins to form DNA-protein complexes (called organelle nuclei). The concept of organelle nuclei provides a new approach to...
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The Japan Academy
2010
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| Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3108297/ |