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1: Genome Biol. 2001;2(8):REVIEWS1022. Epub 2001 Jul 30.Click here to read Click here to read Links

Nucleomorph genomes: much ado about practically nothing.

Gilson PR.

Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Deakin University, Victoria 3125, Australia. prgilson@deakin.edu.au

The DNA sequence of one of the smallest eukaryotic genomes has recently been finished - that of the reduced nucleus, or nucleomorph, of an algal endosymbiont that resides within a cryptomonad host cell. Its sequence promises insights into chloroplast acquisition, the constraints on genome size and the basic workings of eukaryotic cells.

PMID: 11532218 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

PMCID: PMC138954