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An Ancient Bacterial Signaling Pathway Regulates Chloroplast Function to Influence Growth and Development in Arabidopsis.
The Plant cell - 1 Mar 2016
Sugliani Matteo, Abdelkefi Hela, Ke Hang, Bouveret Emmanuelle, Robaglia Christophe, Caffarri Stefano, Field Ben
Abstract excerpt
The chloroplast originated from the endosymbiosis of an ancient photosynthetic bacterium by a eukaryotic cell. Remarkably, the chloroplast has retained elements of a bacterial stress response pathway that is mediated by the signaling nucleotides guanosine penta- and tetraphosphate (ppGpp). However, an understanding of the mechanism and outcomes of ppGpp signaling in the photosynthetic eukaryotes has remained...
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