Reduced expression of the Arabidopsis minE gene affects size and number of chloroplasts

Cytologia

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 427-430

  Itoh, Ryuuichi ^a   Yoshida, Shigeo ^a  

^a RIKEN   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antisense; Arabidopsis thaliana; AtMinE1; Chloroplast division; Plastid division; Transgenic

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0035708040     PISSN: 00114545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1508/cytologia.66.427     Document Type: Article

References (9)

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3. A division inhibitor and a topological specificity factor coded for by the minicell locus determine proper placement of the division septum in E. coli
4. A chloroplast protein homologous to the eubacterial topological specificity factor MinE plays a role in chloroplast division
5. Chloroplast targeting, distribution and transcriptional fluctuation of AtMinD1, a eubacteria-type factor critical for chloroplast division
6. Novel filaments 5 nm in diameter constitute the cytosolic ring of the plastid division apparatus
7. Plastid division is driven by a complex mechanism that involves differential transition of the bacterial and eukaryotic division rings
8. The plastid division machine
9. Chloroplast division in higher plants requires members of two functionally divergent gene families with homology to bacterial ftsZ