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The YlmG protein has a conserved function related to the distribution of nucleoids in chloroplasts and cyanobacteria.
BMC plant biology - 2 Apr 2010
Kabeya Yukihiro, Nakanishi Hiromitsu, Suzuki Kenji, Ichikawa Takanari, Kondou Youichi, Matsui Minami, Miyagishima Shin-ya
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BACKGROUND: Reminiscent of their free-living cyanobacterial ancestor, chloroplasts proliferate by division coupled with the partition of nucleoids (DNA-protein complexes). Division of the chloroplast envelope membrane is performed by constriction of the ring structures at the division site. During division, nucleoids also change their shape and are distributed essentially equally to the daughter chloroplasts....
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