Plastid RNA polymerases: Orchestration of enzymes with different evolutionary origins controls chloroplast biogenesis during the plant life cycle

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 66, Issue 22, 2015, Pages 6957-6973

  Pfannschmidt, Thomas ^a,b,c,d   Blanvillain, Robert ^a,b,c,d   Merendino, Livia ^a,b,c,d   Courtois, Florence ^a,b,c,d   Chevalier, Fabien ^a,b,c,d   Liebers, Monique ^a,b,c,d   Grübler, Björn ^a,b,c,d   Hommel, Elisabeth ^a,b,c,d   Lerbs Mache, Silva ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

^d CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Chloroplast biogenesis; developmental regulation; gene expression; nucleo plastid interaction; plants; plastid RNA polymerases

Indexed keywords

DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; PLANT RNA;

CHLOROPLAST; ENZYME ACTIVATION; EVOLUTION; LIFE CYCLE STAGE; METABOLISM; PLANT;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CHLOROPLASTS; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ENZYME ACTIVATION; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; PLANTS; RNA, PLANT;

EID: 84963504364     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erv415     Document Type: Article

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