title: Endosymbiosis: protein targeting further erodes the organelle/symbiont distinction.
abstract: New work in aphids shows that a nuclear-encoded protein resulting from a horizontal gene transfer is targeted to a bacterial symbiont, further blurring the distinction between organelle and symbiont.
authors: Division of Biological Sciences, University of Montana, Missoula, MT 59801, USA. Electronic address: john.mccutcheon@umontana.edu.
authors: John P
authors: JP
authors: McCutcheon
authors: Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, Botany Department, University of British Columbia, 3529-6270 University Boulevard, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4, Canada. Electronic address: pkeeling@mail.ubc.ca.
authors: Patrick J
authors: PJ
authors: Keeling
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001042:Aphids / Q000235:genetics*; D001419:Bacteria / Q000235:genetics*; D005798:Genes, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics*; D013559:Symbiosis / Q000235:genetics*