Plastids unleashed: Their development and their integration in plant development

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 5-6, 2005, Pages 557-577

  Lopez Juez, Enrique ^a   Pyke, Kevin A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chloroplast; Endosymbiotic; Photosynthesis; Plastid; Plastid nuclear communication

Indexed keywords

BIOGENESIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHLOROPLAST; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENDOSYMBIOSIS; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HORMONE ACTION; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLASTID; POPULATION SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

CHLOROPLASTS; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; GENOME, PLANT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOSYNTHETIC REACTION CENTER COMPLEX PROTEINS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS; PLASTIDS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

CYANOBACTERIA; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 27744432391     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1387/ijdb.051997el     Document Type: Review

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