Evolutionary rewiring: A modified prokaryotic gene-regulatory pathway in chloroplasts

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 368, Issue 1622, 2013, Pages

  Puthiyaveetil, Sujith ^a   Ibrahim, Iskander M ^a   Allen, John F ^a,b  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chloroplast gene regulation; Chloroplast sensor kinase; Co location for redox regulation; Redox; Sigma factor 1 region 1.1; Two component system

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; CHLOROPLAST; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GREEN ALGA; LIGHT EFFECT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PROKARYOTE; YEAST;

ARABIDOPSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLOROPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

PHOTOSYSTEM I;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; CHLOROPLAST; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHOTOSYSTEM I; PHYSIOLOGY; PROKARYOTIC CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CHLOROPLASTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOTOSYSTEM I PROTEIN COMPLEX; PROKARYOTIC CELLS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84878799560     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2012.0260     Document Type: Article

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