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The Role of Nucleus- and Chloroplast-Encoded Factors in the Synthesis of the Photosynthetic Apparatus

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The Structure and Function of Plastids

Part of the book series: Advances in Photosynthesis and Respiration ((AIPH,volume 23))

The biogenesis of the photosynthetic apparatus depends on the concerted interactions between the nucleo-cytosolic and chloroplast genetic systems. Combined genetic and biochemical approaches in Chlamydomonas and land plants revealed a surprisingly large number of nucleus-encoded factors that are required for the different post-transcriptional steps of chloroplast gene expression. These steps include RNA processing, RNA stability, splicing, translation and assembly of the chloroplast-encoded proteins into functional complexes. The genes of several of these proteins were cloned and their products characterized.

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Rochaix, JD. (2007). The Role of Nucleus- and Chloroplast-Encoded Factors in the Synthesis of the Photosynthetic Apparatus. In: Wise, R.R., Hoober, J.K. (eds) The Structure and Function of Plastids. Advances in Photosynthesis and Respiration, vol 23. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-4061-0_7

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