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Phylogenetic origin of the chloroplast and prokaryotic nature of its ribosomal RNA.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America ·Vol. 72 ·No. 6 ·1975-06-00 ·Pages 2418-22

Zablen LB, Kissil MS, Woese CR, Buetow DE

Abstract

The 16S ribosomal RNA of the Euglena gracilis chloroplast has been characterized in terms of its two-dimensional electrophoretic "fingerprint" (T1 ribonuclease). Results show it to be a typically prokaryotic 16 S rRNA. By the present criterion, different chloroplasts are shown to be related to one another and at least distantly to blue-green algae and perhaps to Bacillaceae. These results argue in favor of an endosymbiont origin of the chloroplast.

MeSH Terms
Base Sequence Biological Evolution Chloroplasts/analysis Coliphages/enzymology Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel Euglena gracilis/analysis,ultrastructure Oligonucleotides/analysis,isolation & purification RNA, Ribosomal/analysis Ribonucleases Species Specificity
Chemicals
Oligonucleotides RNA, Ribosomal Ribonucleases
Authors & Affiliations
4 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID
Zablen L B
Kissil M S
Woese C R
Buetow D E
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Article Info
Journal
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Abbr.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
ISSN
0027-8424
DOI
10.1073/pnas.72.6.2418
Published
1975-06-00
Pages
2418-22
Language
English
Region
United States
NLM ID
7505876
PMCID
PMC432770
Subset
IM
External Links
PubMed source DOI: 10.1073/pnas.72.6.2418 PMC Full Text View journal details
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