Responses of unicellular predators to cope with the phototoxicity of photosynthetic prey

Photosynthesis generates reactive oxygen species that can damage cells. Here, the authors show that unicellular predators of photosynthetic prey have shared responses to photosynthetic oxidative stress and these may also have been important for the evolution of endosymbiosis.

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Main Authors: Akihiro Uzuka, Yusuke Kobayashi, Ryo Onuma, Shunsuke Hirooka, Yu Kanesaki, Hirofumi Yoshikawa, Takayuki Fujiwara, Shin-ya Miyagishima
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2019
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/d11cfb418907489fb10babc3cf41c340
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