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Post-Transcriptional Control of Gene Expression in Chloroplasts

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In higher plants, photosynthetically active chloroplasts differentiate from progenitor organelles that lack chlorophyll and thylakoid membrane structures. Chloroplast development requires light which initiates the coordinate expression of nuclear and chloroplast genes. The mechanisms by which these genes are regulated have been the subject of investigations in many laboratories (for reviews see Mullet, 1988; Tobin and Silverthorne, 1985).

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  1. Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research, Cornell University, Tower Rd., Ithaca, NY, 14853, USA

    David B. Stern, Chen Hsu-Ching, Cynthia C. Adams & Karen L. Kindle

  2. Cornell-NSF Plant Science Center, Biotechnology Building, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14853, USA

    Karen L. Kindle

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Stern, D.B., Hsu-Ching, C., Adams, C.C., Kindle, K.L. (1990). Post-Transcriptional Control of Gene Expression in Chloroplasts. In: McCarthy, J.E.G., Tuite, M.F. (eds) Post-Transcriptional Control of Gene Expression. NATO ASI Series, vol 49. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-75139-4_8

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