• Background The presence of chloroplast-related DNA sequences in the nuclear genome is generally regarded as a relic of the process by which genes have been transferred from the chloroplast to the ...

Seedling de-etiolation prepares plants to switch from heterotrophic to photoautotrophic growth, a transition essential for plant survival. This delicate de-etiolation process is precisely controlled ...

Analysis: This statement is FALSE. Chloroplasts are primarily found in plants and algae. They are not present in animals, ...

Control of gene expression in Euglena was examined during light-induced chloroplast development. Greening was achieved under standard conditions which allowed the synthesis of all plastid proteins in ...

Biologists may have unearthed the potential to manipulate the functions of chloroplasts, the parts of plant cells responsible for photosynthesis. Researchers discovered that chloroplasts are affected ...

Information about the organization and evolution of plastomes is crucial to improve crop plants and to resolve the phylogeny of photosynthetic organisms. In a recent study researchers of the Finnish ...

Palmer, 35, has been studying the structure and evolution of the chloroplast genome since he was a doctoral candidate at Stanford. A chloroplast is the organelle in plant cells in which photosynthesis ...

Proper DNA inheritance is essential for healthy chloroplast: the energy center of all plant cells. Researchers discover a new gene in chloroplast that disentangles its DNA for proper plant health.

Plants use a single communication route when developing new chloroplasts Researchers in Japan and the U.K. have discovered new details of how young leaves build their first chloroplasts, the energy ...

The date palm, a member of the family Arecaceae, is one of the most widely cultivated trees across the Middle East and North Africa. The monocot tree is grown from offshoots and has been planted for ...

Plants exposed to strong light shift their sunlight-absorbing chloroplast organs away to protect against damage, said Japanese scientists. In the latest issue of the journal Nature, Dr Masahiro ...