Intracellular signalling: the chloroplast talks!

Curr Biol. 2001 Apr 17;11(8):R307-10. doi: 10.1016/s0960-9822(01)00171-3.

Abstract

Plant cells have a unique problem: the coordination of three different genomes. While the dominance of the nuclear genome is indisputable, it is now clear that organellar signals can have profound effects, not just on nuclear gene expression but, as the Arabidopsis laf6 mutant reveals, also on whole plant morphology.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters / genetics
  • ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters / metabolism
  • ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters / physiology*
  • Animals
  • Arabidopsis / genetics
  • Arabidopsis / growth & development
  • Arabidopsis / physiology
  • Chlamydomonas
  • Chloroplasts / physiology*
  • Intracellular Fluid
  • Plant Proteins / genetics
  • Plant Proteins / metabolism
  • Plant Proteins / physiology*
  • Protoporphyrins / metabolism
  • Signal Transduction / physiology*

Substances

  • ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters
  • Plant Proteins
  • Protoporphyrins
  • protoporphyrin IX