Expression Profiling Soybean Response to Pseudomonas syringae Reveals New Defense-Related Genes and Rapid HR-Specific Downregulation of Photosynthesis by Jijun Zou, Sandra Rodriguez-Zas, Mihai Aldea, Min Li, Jin Zhu, Delkin O. Gonzalez, Lila O. Vodkin, Evan DeLucia, Steven J. Clough

“…The highest number of transcriptional changes was noted at 8 hpi, including the downregulation of 94 chloroplast-associated genes specific to the R response. …”
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Assessing Plant Genetic Diversity by Molecular Tools by Linda Mondini, Arshiya Noorani, Mario A. Pagnotta

“…Some of the advanced marker techniques utilize newer classes of DNA elements, such as retrotransposons, mitochondrial and chloroplast based microsatellites, thereby revealing genetic variation through increased genome coverage. …”
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Transport Proteins Enabling Plant Photorespiratory Metabolism by Franziska Kuhnert, Urte Schlüter, Nicole Linka, Marion Eisenhut

“…Transport and channel proteins connect the organelles accomplishing the PR pathway—chloroplast, peroxisome, and mitochondrion—and thus enable efficient flux of PR metabolites. …”
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Root-Applied Cerium Oxide Nanoparticles and Their Specific Effects on Plants: A Review by Monika Pietrzak, Elżbieta Skiba, Wojciech M. Wolf

“…After entering the cytoplasm, NPs interact with chloroplast, nucleus, and other structures responsible for metabolic processes at the cellular level. …”
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Hybridization and polyploidy as drivers of continuing evolution and speciation in Sorbus. by Robertson, A, Rich, T, Allen, A, Houston, L, Roberts, C, Bridle, JR, Harris, S, Hiscock, S

“…We used a combination of nuclear microsatellite and chloroplast DNA markers to investigate the evolutionary relationships among these Sorbus taxa within the Avon Gorge. …”

Rubisco evolution in C₄ eudicots: an analysis of Amaranthaceae sensu lato by Kapralov, M, Smith, J, Filatov, D

“…Methodology/Principal Findings We investigated Rubisco evolution in Amaranthaceae sensu lato (including Chenopodiaceae), the third-largest family of C4 plants, using phylogeny-based maximum likelihood and Bayesian methods to detect Darwinian selection on the chloroplast rbcL gene in a sample of 179 species. Two Rubisco residues, 281 and 309, were found to be under positive selection in C4 Amaranthaceae with multiple parallel replacements of alanine by serine at position 281 and methionine by isoleucine at position 309. …”

The origin of the apple by Juniper, B, Watkins, R, Harris, S

“…A project has been established to study the relationships of Malus species, and to determine which species have contributed to the gene pool of the cultivated apple. Analysis of chloroplast and nuclear DNA sequences will be important sources of data.…”

Specialization of the Golden2-like regulatory pathway during land plant evolution. by Bravo-Garcia, A, Yasumura, Y, Langdale, J

“…Previous work has demonstrated that a pair of Golden2-like (GLK) transcription factors regulates chloroplast development in diverse land plants, in that recessive glk1;glk2 mutants are pale green and fail to accumulate components of the light-harvesting machinery. …”

Use of a SPAD-502 meter to measure leaf chlorophyll concentration in Arabidopsis thaliana. by Ling, Q, Huang, W, Jarvis, P

“…These relationships were derived using a series of Arabidopsis chloroplast biogenesis mutants that exhibit chlorophyll deficiencies of varying severity, and were verified by the subsequent analysis of senescent or light-stressed leaves. …”

Ultrastructural features of Catharanthus roseus leaves infected with cucumber mosaic virus by Mamat, Mazidah, Lau, Wei Hong, Yusoff, Khatijah, Hashim, Habibuddin, Tan, Yee How

“…Electron microscopic examination of the infected leaf cells revealed significant alteration of the chloroplasts in the mesophyll cells. Large starch grains in necrotic zones and disorganized thylakoid system were the most prominent modifications observed within the chloroplasts of the infected tissues. …”
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Systematic study on Guttiferae Juss. of Peninsular Malaysia based on plastid sequences by Zakaria, Radhiah, Choong, Chee Yen, Ibrahim, Faridah Hanum

“…Twenty-one taxa in 4 genera (Calophyllum, Mammea, Mesua s.l. and Garcinia) of Guttiferae from several areas in Peninsular Malaysia were used to investigate the status and relationships of taxa within the family Guttiferae using the chloroplast DNA trnL-trnF sequence data. Molecular phylogeny results indicated that Calophyllum, Mammea and Garcinia are monophyletic genera. …”
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Expression and promoter analysis of MEP pathway enzyme-encoding genes in Pinus massoniana Lamb by Peihuang Zhu, Yu Chen, Fan Wu, Miaojing Meng, Kongshu Ji

“…All eleven of these MEP enzymes exhibited chloroplast localization with transient expression. …”
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DNA metabarcoding uncovers the diet of subterranean rodents in China. by Xuxin Zhang, Yao Zou, Xuan Zou, Zhenggang Xu, Xiaoning Nan, Chongxuan Han

“…Further understanding of its diet is important for developing green and sustainable control strategies for the zokor.<h4>Methods</h4>Chloroplast trnL gene and internal transcription spacer 1 primers were selected for high-throughput sequencing of stomach contents of captured zokor by DNA metabarcoding.…”
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Systematic analysis reveals cis and trans determinants affecting C-to-U RNA editing in Arabidopsis thaliana by Duan Chu, Lai Wei

“…Abstract Background C-to-U RNA editing is prevalent in the mitochondrial and chloroplast genes in plants. The biological functions of a fraction of C-to-U editing sites are continuously discovered by case studies. …”
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Intra-specific genetic variability dataset on rbcL gene in Moringa oleifera Lam. (Moringaceae) in Nigeria by Conrad Asotie Omonhinmin, Enameguono Ethel Olomukoro, Chinedu Charles Onuselogu, Jacob Olagbenro Popoola, Stephen Oluwanifise Oyejide

“…The rbcL gene is a conserved chloroplast gene and hence can be used for phylogenetic studies of plants at higher and lower taxonomic levels. …”
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Evolutionary diversification of plant shikimate kinase gene duplicates. by Geoffrey Fucile, Shannon Falconer, Dinesh Christendat

“…AtSKL1 mutants yield albino and novel variegated phenotypes, which indicate SKL1 is required for chloroplast biogenesis. Extant SKL2 sequences show a strong genetic signature of positive selection, which is enriched in a protein-protein interaction module not found in other SK homologs. …”
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Molecular confirmation of the hybrid origin of Sparganium longifolium (Typhaceae) by Yinjiao Yu, Fengxia Li, Eugeny A. Belyakov, Weidong Yang, Alexander G. Lapirov, Xinwei Xu

“…We investigated the origin of S. longifolium based on 10 populations of S. emersum, S. gramineum and S. longifolium from five lakes in European Russia, using sequences of six nuclear loci and one chloroplast DNA fragment. Haplotype network, principal coordinate analysis and genetic clustering based on data of nuclear loci confirmed that S. longifolium is the hybrid between S. emersum and S. gramineum. …”
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Lesion mimic mutant 8 balances disease resistance and growth in rice by Mengcan Zhao, Yunxia Guo, Hang Sun, Jichao Dai, Ximan Peng, Xuedong Wu, Han Yun, Lisha Zhang, Yiming Qian, Xinying Li, Guanghua He, Changwei Zhang

“…It is an allele of SPRL1, encoding a protoporphyrinogen IX oxidase (PPOX) located in chloroplasts and involved in the biosynthesis of tetrapyrrole in chloroplasts. …”
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Contributions of TOR Signaling on Photosynthesis by Yun Song, Mohammed Salem Alyafei, Khaled Masmoudi, Abdul Jaleel, Maozhi Ren

“…Here, we present recent novel findings relating to TOR signaling and its roles in regulating plant photosynthesis, including carbon nutrient sense, light absorptions, and leaf and chloroplast development. We also provide some gaps in our understanding of TOR function in photosynthesis that need to be addressed in the future.…”
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Fifty years of Bryology in Mexico by Claudio Delgadillo-Moya

“…Highlights of Mexican research include the discovery of Hypnodontopsis sp., a Miocene amber fossil from Chiapas, identification of heavy metals deposits in urban mosses in Mexico City and Toluca, determination of chloroplast and mitochondrial genomes of Pseudocrossidium replicatum, and the potential use of recombinant proteins from Physcomitrella patens. …”
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