Research Advances in the Development and Regulation of Plant Chloroplasts

doi:10.3724/SP.J.1259.2014.00337

Abstract

Abstract: Photosynthesis is the physical basis of almost all biological survival and development events. Chloroplasts are important organelles in green plants for photosynthesis. Although chloroplast development and regulation has been a research focus, the process and molecular mechanism is not fully clear. This paper summarizes recent studies about chloroplast process, development regulation and chloroplast-to-nucleus retrograde signaling for better understanding chloroplast development and regulation.

Key words: chloroplast, developmental regulation, plastid-to-nucleus retrograde signaling

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Q945

Baozhu Li, Xiaoliang Zhao, Lei Peng. Research Advances in the Development and Regulation of Plant Chloroplasts[J]. Chinese Bulletin of Botany, 2014, 49(3): 337-345.

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