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From the abstract of the article. Here, we design and engineer artificial, genetically tractable, photosynthetic endosymbiosis between photosynthetic cyanobact
by ordu 5y ago
From the abstract of the article.
Here, we design and engineer artificial, genetically tractable, photosynthetic endosymbiosis between photosynthetic cyanobacteria and budding yeasts. We engineer various mutants of model photosynthetic cyanobacteria as endosymbionts within yeast cells where, the engineered cyanobacteria perform bioenergetic functions to support the growth of yeast cells under defined photosynthetic conditions.
They are trying to create a model of hypothetical evolutionary process of absorbing cyanobacteria and turning it into a chroloplast.
- netizen-936824 5y agoFor context, the endosymbiont hypothesis is the current leader (AFAIK) for the theory on how eukaroyotic cells developed mitochondria and chloroplasts. Very neat stuff!