Zoology meets Botany: establishing intracellular organelles by endosymbiosis

Presented at the 94th Annual Meeting of the Deutsche Zoologische Gesellschaft in Osnabrück, June 4–8, 2001

Authors: Prechtl J.1; Maier U-G.1

Source: Zoology, Volume 104, Numbers 3-4, February 2002 , pp. 284-289(6)

Publisher: Urban & Fischer

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Abstract:

One of the most citated characteristics of eukaryotic cells are mitochondria and in the case of phototrophic cells, the plastids. These organelles are of eubacterial origin and contain a remnant genome. Here, we present hypotheses concerning the origin of the first mitochondrium-harboring cell and show the evolution of primary, secondary and tertiary plastids. Furthermore we discuss models explaining why plastids have to maintain their own genome.

Keywords: endosymbiosis; mitochondria; plastids

Language: English

Document Type: Miscellaneous

DOI: 10.1078/0944-2006-00034

Affiliations: 1: Cellbiology, Philipps-University Marburg, Germany

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