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A Putative Chloroplast Thylakoid Metalloprotease VIRESCENT3 Regulates Chloroplast Development in Arabidopsis thaliana.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 12 Feb 2016
Qi Yafei, Liu Xiayan, Liang Shuang, Wang Rui, Li Yuanfeng, Zhao Jun, Shao Jingxia, An Lijun, Yu Fei
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The chloroplast is the site of photosynthesis and many other essential plant metabolic processes, and chloroplast development is an integral part of plant growth and development. Mutants defective in chloroplast development can display various color phenotypes including the intriguing virescence phenotype, which shows yellow/white coloration at the leaf base and greening toward the leaf tip. Through large scale...
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