Abstract

Plastid nucleoids: evolutionary reconstruction of a DNA/protein structure with prokaryotic ancestry.

Highlights

  • Understanding the evolutionary establishment of plastids within eukaryotic cells and the principles that govern the process of endosymbiosis have been integral to research in plant sciences during the past three decades

  • Much less is known about the current structure and organization of plastid DNA and its association with different kinds of proteins that are involved in its stabilization, replication and expression

  • The DNA in plant and algal plastids appears to be organized in nucleoids that can be visualized by fluorescence microscopy using DNA-specific dyes

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Introduction

Plastid nucleoids: evolutionary reconstruction of a DNA/protein structure with prokaryotic ancestry. Understanding the evolutionary establishment of plastids within eukaryotic cells and the principles that govern the process of endosymbiosis have been integral to research in plant sciences during the past three decades. Much less is known about the current structure and organization of plastid DNA and its association with different kinds of proteins that are involved in its stabilization, replication and expression.

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