ArticleScientific reports2020
Functional kleptoplasts intermediate incorporation of carbon and nitrogen in cells of the Sacoglossa sea slug Elysia viridis.
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- Chromosome-level genome assembly of the sacoglossan sea slug Elysia timida (Risso, 1818).BMC genomics · 2024Article
- A reference genome for the long-term kleptoplast-retaining sea slug Elysia crispata morphotype clarki.G3 (Bethesda, Md.) · 2023Article
- Food shaped photosynthesis: Photophysiology of the sea slugOpen research Europe · 2023Article
- Kleptoplasty: Getting away with stolen chloroplasts.PLoS biology · 2022Article
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- Ultraviolet screening by slug tissue and tight packing of plastids protect photosynthetic sea slugs from photoinhibition.Photosynthesis research · 2022Article
- Photosynthesis from stolen chloroplasts can support sea slug reproductive fitness.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2021Article
- On the art of stealing chloroplasts.eLife · 2020Article
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Abstract
Some sacoglossan sea slugs incorporate intracellular functional algal chloroplasts, a process termed kleptoplasty. "Stolen" chloroplasts (kleptoplasts) can remain photosynthetically active up to several months, contributing to animal nutrition. Whether this contribution occurs by means of translocation of photosynthesis-derived metabolites from functional kleptoplasts to the animal host or by simple digestion of such organelles remains controversial. Imaging of
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