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Mutations in ClpC2/Hsp100 suppress the requirement for FtsH in thylakoid membrane biogenesis.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 24 Aug 2004
Park Sungsoon, Rodermel Steven R
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The Arabidopsis var2 variegation mutant defines a nuclear gene for a chloroplast FtsH metalloprotease. Leaf variegation is expressed only in homozygous recessive plants. The cells in the green leaf sectors of this mutant contain morphologically normal chloroplasts, whereas cells in the white sectors contain abnormal plastids lacking organized lamellar structures. var2 mutants are hypersusceptible to...
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