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SUBMITTER: Zhang Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7503970 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Zhang Yi Y Zhang Aihong A Li Xiuming X Lu Congming C
International journal of molecular sciences 20200824 17
Chloroplasts are plant organelles that carry out photosynthesis, produce various metabolites, and sense changes in the external environment. Given their endosymbiotic origin, chloroplasts have retained independent genomes and gene-expression machinery. Most genes from the prokaryotic ancestors of chloroplasts were transferred into the nucleus over the course of evolution. However, the importance of chloroplast gene expression in environmental stress responses have recently become more apparent. ...[more]