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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Wang D
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4079196 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Genome biology and evolution 20140527 6
Endosymbiotic gene transfer from cytoplasmic organelles (chloroplasts and mitochondria) to the nucleus is an ongoing process in land plants. Although the frequency of organelle DNA migration is high, functional gene transfer is rare because a nuclear promoter is thought necessary for activity in the nucleus. Here we show that a chloroplast promoter, 16S rrn, drives nuclear transcription, suggesting that a transferred organellar gene may become active without obtaining a nuclear promoter. Examini ...[more]