Metabolic Effectors Secreted by Bacterial Pathogens: Essential Facilitators of Plastid Endosymbiosis?
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Metabolic effectors secreted by bacterial pathogens: essential facilitators of plastid endosymbiosis?
Under the endosymbiont hypothesis, over a billion years ago a heterotrophic eukaryote entered into a symbiotic relationship with a cyanobacterium (the cyanobiont). This partnership culminated in the plastid that has spread to forms as diverse as plants and diatoms. However, why primary plastid acquisition has not been repeated multiple times remains unclear. Here, we report a possible answer to...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Plant Cell
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1532-298X,1040-4651
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.112.101329