The chloroplast genome encodes proteins required for photosynthesis, gene expression,
and other essential organellar functions. Derived from a cyanobacterial ancestor, the …

The photosynthetic apparatus of higher plants and algae is composed of plastid-and nuclear-
encoded components, therefore the expression of photosynthesis genes needs to be highly …

Cyanobacteria contribute to the overall photosynthetic production of oxygen in the oceans,
but they are susceptible to infection by viruses and also to photo-inhibition when sunlight is …

The Photosystem (PS) II of cyanobacteria, green algae and higher plants is prone to light-
induced inactivation, the D1 protein being the primary target of such damage. As a …

Chlamydomonas reinhardtii is a unicellular chlorophyte alga that is widely studied as a
reference organism for understanding photosynthesis, sensory and motile cilia, and for …

The expression of the plastid genome is dependent on a large number of nucleus-encoded
factors. Some of these factors have been identified through biochemical assays, and many …

The discovery of the genes psbA and psbD, encoding the D1 and D2 core components of
the photosynthetic reaction center PSII (photosystem II), in the genome of the bacteriophage …

Several plastid signals have been identified that regulate the transcription of nuclear genes
for plastid and non-plastid proteins. These signals are related to the photosynthetic …

This chapter describes the components of the transcriptional apparatus in plastids (RNA
polymerases, promoters, transcription factors) and their roles in transcription. The …

Plastids are semiautonomous plant organelles exhibiting their own transcription–translation
systems that originated from a cyanobacteria‐related endosymbiotic prokaryote. As a …