Endosymbiotic gene transfer: organelle genomes forge eukaryotic chromosomes

JN Timmis, MA Ayliffe, CY Huang, W Martin - Nature reviews genetics, 2004 - nature.com
Genome sequences reveal that a deluge of DNA from organelles has constantly been
bombarding the nucleus since the origin of organelles. Recent experiments have shown that …

The endosymbiont hypothesis revisited

MW Gray - International review of cytology, 1992 - Elsevier
Publisher Summary This chapter highlights endosymbiont hypothesis. All contemporary
genomes (including those of plastids and mitochondria) ultimately derive from a single …

The evolution of the plastid chromosome in land plants: gene content, gene order, gene function

S Wicke, GM Schneeweiss, CW Depamphilis… - Plant molecular …, 2011 - Springer
This review bridges functional and evolutionary aspects of plastid chromosome architecture
in land plants and their putative ancestors. We provide an overview on the structure and …

[图书][B] The major transitions in evolution

JM Smith, E Szathmary - 1997 - books.google.com
During evolution, there have been several major changes in the way that genetic information
is organized and transmitted from one generation to the next. These transitions include the …

The complete nucleotide sequence of the tobacco chloroplast genome: its gene organization and expression

K Shinozaki, M Ohme, M Tanaka, T Wakasugi… - The EMBO …, 1986 - embopress.org
The complete nucleotide sequence (155 844 bp) of tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum var. Bright
Yellow 4) chloroplast DNA has been determined. It contains two copies of an identical 25 …

Insights into the Evolution of Mitochondrial Genome Size from Complete Sequences of Citrullus lanatus and Cucurbita pepo (Cucurbitaceae)

AJ Alverson, XX Wei, DW Rice, DB Stern… - Molecular biology …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
The mitochondrial genomes of seed plants are unusually large and vary in size by at least
an order of magnitude. Much of this variation occurs within a single family, the …

Origins and recombination of the bacterial-sized multichromosomal mitochondrial genome of cucumber

AJ Alverson, DW Rice, S Dickinson, K Barry… - The Plant …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Members of the flowering plant family Cucurbitaceae harbor the largest known mitochondrial
genomes. Here, we report the 1685-kb mitochondrial genome of cucumber (Cucumis …

Gene organization deduced from the complete sequence of liverwort Marchantia polymorpha mitochondrial DNA: a primitive form of plant mitochondrial genome

K Oda, K Yamato, E Ohta, Y Nakamura… - Journal of molecular …, 1992 - Elsevier
Abstract Analysis of the mitochondrial DNA of a liverwort Marchantia polymorpha by electron
microscopy and restriction endonuclease mapping indicated that the liverwort mitochondrial …

DNA transfer from organelles to the nucleus: the idiosyncratic genetics of endosymbiosis

T Kleine, UG Maier, D Leister - Annual review of plant biology, 2009 - annualreviews.org
In eukaryotes, DNA is exchanged between endosymbiosis-derived compartments
(mitochondria and chloroplasts) and the nucleus. Organelle-to-nucleus DNA transfer …

Fungal virology-an overview

KW Buck - Fungal virology, 2018 - taylorfrancis.com
The fungal vectors are all obligate parasites which inhabit the roots of plants; some are
pathogens in their own right, whereas others are avirulent root parasites. All the proven …