The molecular biology of plastid division in higher plants

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 56, Issue 414, 2005, Pages 1061-1077

  Aldridge, Cassie ^a   Maple, Jodi ^a   Møller, Simon G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; arc mutants; Cell biology; Min proteins; Plastid division

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; CELLS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PROTEINS;

BACTERIAL CELL DIVISION; CYTOPLASM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PLANT ORGANELLES; PLASTIDS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

CELL DIVISION; CELL ORGANELLE; CHLOROPLAST; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; PLANT; PLASTID; REVIEW; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CELL DIVISION; CHLOROPLASTS; ORGANELLES; PLANTS; PLASTIDS;

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

EID: 17144385908     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/eri118     Document Type: Review

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