On the developmental dependence between Cyanophora paradoxa and Cyanocyta korschikoffiana in symbiosis : Host-dependent development of endocyanelles
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- DOI: 10.1007/BF00392551
On the developmental dependence between Cyanophora paradoxa and Cyanocyta korschikoffiana in symbiosis : Host-dependent development of endocyanelles
Abstract
The prokaryote Cyanocyta korschikoffiana was isolated from the eukaryote Cyanophora paradoxa. The synthesis of several thylakoid proteins in these cyanelles is influenced by light and darkness and is sensitive to cycloheximide, the inhibitor of the eukaryotic host's translation. The possibility of a direct coordination between the translations of the host and of the cyanelles is discussed.