EAST LANSING, Mich., Aug. 19 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say they've found a protein necessary for chloroplast development -- a discovery that may lead to plants tailored for biofuel production.
... have now discovered how to regulate the formation of proteins in the chloroplasts. They can use so-called riboswitches to switch the genes in the chloroplasts of tobacco plants on and off. These riboswitches could provide future benefit by making plants capable ...
... information found its way into the cell nucleus; today, chloroplasts would no longer be able to live ... Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology have discovered that chloroplast genes take a direct route to the cell ...
... of different ages and discovered that proteins imported into chloroplasts -- the organelles in plant cells where photosynthesis ... motif that is necessary for targeting proteins to older chloroplasts. "We knew that signal peptides specify the organelle ...
... of bacteria developed over time to form the system in the chloroplasts of higher plants. They explored the so-called ... represents an intermediate stage in the development from the bacterial transport system to the chloroplast system in higher plants ...
... , most researchers have been limited to sequencing a small portion of the chloroplast genome, which in many cases is insufficient for determining evolutionary ... of the study such that almost any flowering plant chloroplast genome can be sequenced, regardless of species. Flowering ...
... cells communicate information about the time of day to their chloroplasts, the part of their cells that underpins all agricultural productivity ...
... . Today, only two cellular components – the mitochondria and the chloroplasts – are generally accepted by evolutionary biologists as having a symbiogenetic ...
... its chromoplasts (where the red pigments accumulate) into chloroplasts (with green pigments) and once again capture ...
... and can serve as more nutritious food." During photosynthesis, chloroplasts are the subcellular compartment used by plant cells to convert ... are of particular interest because how iron gets into chloroplasts has not been well understood despite the significance of iron ...
... University have identified a new protein necessary for chloroplast development. The discovery could ultimately lead to plant varieties tailored specifically for biofuel production. Chloroplasts, which are specialized compartments in plant cells, convert ...
... of relatedness in DNA sequences from both the nucleus and the chloroplast (a plant cell's photosynthetic factory), they discovered ...
... need regular reconstruction. Under a microscope, chloroplasts, the sub-cellular units where photosynthesis ...
... since 1975. Her research includes, chloroplast genome architecture and gene function in non ...
... the flowering plants, comparing genetic markers in their chloroplast, nuclear, and mitochondrial genomes. The authors also employed ...
