Abstract
Chloroplast ribosomes consist of about 60 different rRNA and protein components and their biogenesis depends on the expression of genes located within both the chloroplast and nuclear genomes. The endosymbiotic theory predicts that all chloroplast ribosomal proteins were initially encoded within the chloroplast DNA. During the course of evolution, about two thirds of the chloroplast ribosomal proteins (r-proteins) genes have been transferred to the nucleus (Dorne et al 1984; Sugiura, 1989). In order to better understand the processes which have driven the compartmentalisation of chloroplast ribosomal protein genes we have isolated cDNA clones encoding chloroplast ribosomal proteins and have investigated their structure.
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Lagrange, T., Carol, P., Bisanz-Seyer, C., Mache, R. (1991). Comparative analysis of four different cDNA clones encoding chloroplast ribosomal proteins. In: Mache, R., Stutz, E., Subramanian, A.R. (eds) The Translational Apparatus of Photosynthetic Organelles. NATO ASI Series, vol 55. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-75145-5_9
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