… The objective of the present study was to determine if the incorporation of inorganic carbon
and nitrogen in the sacoglossan sea slug Elysia viridis was dependent on kleptoplast activity. …

… Middle and right columns: corresponding NanoSIMS δ 13 C … maintenance is unlikely to be
functional 23 , which could … , the absence of 13 C incorporation into their structure suggests …

… kleptoplasts, assess their photosynthetic functionality in light and darkness and investigate
inorganic nitrogen … The glutamine synthetase (GS) first catalyses the ammonium incorporation …

… carbon and nitrogen biogeochemical cycles in marine habitats. They play a major role in …
cellular mechanisms by which kleptoplasts are kept functional and how they are incorporated in …

… The objective of the present study was to determine if the incorporation of inorganic carbon
and nitrogen in the sacoglossan sea slug Elysia viridis was dependent on kleptoplast activity. …

… with highest incorporation in glutamine-glutamate. N assimilation by kleptoplasts in multicellular …
The functionality of the kleptoplasts in our experimental organisms was demonstrated by …

… aspects of kleptoplast origin and function in Planoglabratella … carbon assimilation was not
occurred, inorganic nitrogen and … with small number of vacuoles was present in the middle of …

… To verify its function of the protein product RvNaRL, we … viridis achieved its advanced
kleptoplastic strategy owing to … that inorganic carbon was taken up and incorporated into the …

… viridis demonstrated several intermediate morphological traits … The extensive incorporation
of 13 C into the polysaccharide … could function as metabolite transporters in the kleptoplast …

… cells. In this chapter, we summarize the current knowledge on the slug-kleptoplast system
from a cell … by expressing photosynthetic relevant genes for kleptoplast function and fission [22]…