DNA Transfer from Organelles to the Nucleus:
The Idiosyncratic Genetics of Endosymbiosis
Tatjana Kleine, Uwe Maier
and Dario Leister
Annu. Rev. Plant Biol. 2009. 60:115–38
Structure of Endosymbionts
Intracellular DNA Transfer
Mitochondrial Division
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DNA (RNA) Escape from Mitochondria
Factors Leading to Double Stranded Breaks in DNA
Make
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Extent
DNA Transfer
(Nuclear Mitochondrial
DNAs)DNA)
(Nuclear
Mitochondrial
(Nuclear
Plastid
DNA)
(Nuclear Plastid
DNAs)
Chlamydomonas
Not a single instance found of stable
nuclear integration
transfer requires disturbance of plastid
membrane and function,
Organisms with single plastid do not
ʻexperimentʼ
Organisms with ʻbackupʼ energy
producing machinery will not die if one
plastid is ruptured
Single chloroplast
Mosaic Systems from Intracellular DNA Transfer
Intracellular DNA Transfer