Characterization of In Vivo Function(s) of Members of the Plant Mitochondrial Carrier Family by Adriano Nunes-Nesi, João Henrique F. Cavalcanti, Alisdair R. Fernie

“…Despite their name, they do not, however, always localize to the mitochondria, with plasma membrane, peroxisomal, chloroplast and thylakoid and endoplasmic reticulum localizations also being reported. …”
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Molecular Diversity of Tidal Swamp Rice (Oryza sativa L.) in South Kalimantan, Indonesia by Dindin H. Mursyidin, Purnomo Purnomo, Issirep Sumardi, Budi S. Daryono

“…In this study, a total of 16 cultivars of the tidal swamp rice, consisting of 15 from the South Kalimantan Provinces and 1 from South Sumatera, Indonesia (an outgroup) were analyzed phylogenetically based on the chloroplast trnL-F and nuclear intergenic spacer region (IGS). …”
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Molecular phylogeny and taxonomy of the Hydrangea serrata complex (Hydrangeaceae) in western Japan, including a new subspecies of H. acuminata from Yakushima by Shun K. Hirota, Tetsukazu Yahara, Kengo Fuse, Hiroyuki Sato, Shuichiro Tagane, Shinji Fujii, Tadashi Minamitani, Yoshihisa Suyama

“…To determine the relationship of this plant with previously known varieties, we examined morphology and constructed a highly resolved phylogeny of H. serrata and its relatives using three chloroplast genomic regions, rbcL, trnL intron, psbA-trnH, and two nuclear genomic regions, ITS1 and ITS2, and Multiplex ISSR genotyping by sequencing (MIG-seq). …”
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The Influence of Macroclimatic Drivers on the Macrophyte Phylogenetic Diversity in South African Estuaries by Dimitri Allastair Veldkornet

“…This study aimed to determine the influence of macroclimatic variables on species and phylogenetic richness in South African estuaries. Open-source chloroplast DNA barcoding sequences, species distribution and climatic data layers were used to determine the relationship between species richness, MPD, MNTD and each bioclimatic variable individually. …”
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Transcriptome-guided annotation and functional classification of long non-coding RNAs in Arabidopsis thaliana by Jose Antonio Corona-Gomez, Evelia Lorena Coss-Navarrete, Irving Jair Garcia-Lopez, Christopher Klapproth, Jaime Alejandro Pérez-Patiño, Selene L. Fernandez-Valverde

“…We characterize their tissue expression patterns and find 1425 lncRNAs are co-expressed with coding genes, with enriched functional categories such as chloroplast organization, photosynthesis, RNA regulation, transcription, and root development. …”
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Plant Organelle DNA Maintenance by Niaz Ahmad, Brent L. Nielsen

“…However, it is not yet clear how the activities of mitochondria and chloroplasts are coordinated in response to cellular and environmental cues. …”
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Effects of Raised Ambient Temperature on the Local and Systemic Adaptions of Maize by Zhaoxia Li, Juren Zhang

“…This review summarized the responses in different cell organelles at elevated temperatures, including transcriptional regulation control in the nuclei, unfolded protein response and endoplasmic reticulum-associated protein quality control in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), photosynthesis in the chloroplast, and other cell activities. Cells coordinate their activities to mediate the collective stresses of unfavorable environments. …”
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PltRNAdb: Plant transfer RNA database. by Morad M Mokhtar, Achraf El Allali

“…As a result, 331,242 nuclear, 3,216 chloroplast, and 1,467 mitochondrial tRNA genes were identified. …”
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Evidence for wheat, rye, and barley presence in gluten free foods by PCR method - comparison with ELISA method by Eva Mašková, Ivana Paulíčková, Jana Rysová, Dana Gabrovská

“…The PCR method applied was focused on the intron of the chloroplast gene trnL and utilised primers WBR11 and WBR13. …”
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Side‐chain modifications of phyllobilins may not be essential for chlorophyll degradation in Arabidopsis by Mareike Hauenstein, Stefan Hörtensteiner, Sylvain Aubry

“…The PAO/phyllobilin pathway catalyzes the degradation of the chlorophyll during senescence and allows detoxification of the pigment and its subsequent export from the chloroplast. Although most of the chloroplastic reactions involved in chlorophyll degradation are well understood, the diversity of enzymes responsible for downstream modifications of non‐phototoxic phyllobilins remains to be explored. …”
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Genetic characterization of a group of commercial African timber species: From genomics to barcoding by Maurizio Mascarello, Olivier Lachenaud, Mario Amalfi, Erik Smets, Olivier J. Hardy, Hans Beeckman, Steven B. Janssens

“…In this work, we firstly characterized the genetic diversity of 17 highly-valuable African timber species from five genera (Afzelia, Guibourtia, Leplea, Milicia, Tieghemella) across their distribution ranges in West and Central Africa using the genome skimming approach in order to reconstruct their chloroplast genomes and nuclear ribosomal DNA. Next, we identified single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) for the discrimination of closely-related species. …”
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TaAbc1, a member of Abc1-like family involved in hypersensitive response against the stripe rust fungal pathogen in wheat. by Xiaojing Wang, Xiaojie Wang, Yinghui Duan, Shuining Yin, Hongchang Zhang, Li Huang, Zhensheng Kang

“…The TaAbc1 protein contains two conserved domains shared by Abc1-like proteins, two trans-membrane domains at the C-terminal, and a 36-amino acid chloroplast targeting presequence at the N-terminal. …”
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Complete plastome sequence of Wrightia laevis Hook. f. a dyestuff species by Lin-Ming Li, Jie-Xiong Fu, Xi-Qiang Song

“…Here we report and characterize the complete plastid genome sequence of W. laevis in order to provide genomic resources useful for promoting its conservation. The complete chloroplast genome of W. laevis is 155,274 bp in length with a typical quadripartite structure, consisting of a large single-copy region (LSC, 85,463 bp), a single-copy region (SSC, 18,181 bp) and a pair of inverted repeats (IRs, 25,815 bp). …”
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Ultrastructural changes of mesophyll cells in peach leaves infected by Taphrina deformans (Berk/Tul) by Neshka Piperkova, Andon Vassilev

“…The degradation of chloroplast membrane structures was significant. The regular shape of the chloroplasts was lost with the appearance of concavities. …”
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Isolation and identification of dinoflagellates at Port Dickson, Negeri Sembilan / Nur Asyikin Roslee by Roslee, Nur Asyikin

“…The identification of the dinoflagellates is based on the cell morphology, cell coloration, location and the visibility of chloroplast and nucleus under light microscope. Results of this study showed that 9 genera of dinoflagellates were isolated from samples collected at three different stations of coastal area in Port Dickson. …”
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Identification of mutants of Arabidopsis defective in acclimation of photosynthesis to the light environment. by Walters, R, Shephard, F, Rogers, J, Rolfe, SA, Horton, P

“…Sequencing of the genomic DNA flanking the T-DNA elements showed that in the ape1 mutant, a gene was disrupted that encodes a protein of unknown function but that appears to be specific to photosynthetic organisms, whereas the ape2 mutant carries an insertion in the region of the TPT gene encoding the chloroplast inner envelope triose phosphate/phosphate translocator.…”

Re-creation of a key step in the evolutionary switch from C3 to C4 leaf anatomy by Wang, P, Khoshravesh, R, Karki, S, Tapia, R, Balahadia, C, Bandyopadhyay, A, Quick, W, Furbank, R, Sage, T, Langdale, J

“…The transition from C3 to so-called "proto-Kranz" anatomy requires an increase in organelle volume in sheath cells surrounding leaf veins. Here we induced chloroplast and mitochondrial development in rice vascular sheath cells through constitutive expression of maize GOLDEN2-LIKE genes. …”

Proteins of diverse function and subcellular location are lysine acetylated in Arabidopsis by Finkemeier, I, Laxa, M, Miguet, L, Howden, A, Sweetlove, L

“…Furthermore, our study suggests that Lys acetylation may be an important posttransitional modification in the chloroplast, since four Calvin cycle enzymes were acetylated. …”

Divergent and reticulate species relationships in Leucaena (Fabaceae) inferred from multiple data sources: insights into polyploid origins and nrDNA polymorphism. by Hughes, C, Bailey, C, Harris, S

“…Previous analyses of species relationships and polyploid origins in the mimosoid legume genus Leucaena have used chloroplast DNA (cpDNA) restriction site data and morphology. …”

GLK transcription factors coordinate expression of the photosynthetic apparatus in Arabidopsis. by Waters, M, Wang, P, Korkaric, M, Capper, R, Saunders, N, Langdale, J

“…Chloroplasts of photosynthetic organisms harness light energy and convert it into chemical energy. …”