Although genomes of mitochondria and plastids are very small compared to those of their
bacterial ancestors, the transcription machineries of these organelles are of surprising …

The nuclear genome of the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana contains a small gene family
consisting of three genes encoding RNA polymerases of the single-subunit bacteriophage …

We have isolated three genes that potentially encode a HAP3/nuclear factor‐YB (NF‐
YB)/CCAAT binding factor‐A (CBF‐A) subunit of a CCAAT‐box binding complex in rice …

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 …

The plastid encoded RNA polymerase subunit genes rpoA, B and C1 of tobacco were
disrupted individually by PEG‐mediated plastid transformation. The resulting off‐white …

The rice virescent-2 mutant (v 2) is temperature conditional and develops chlorotic,
chloroplast-deficient leaves at the restrictive temperature. In the v 2 mutant, plastid-encoded …

Anthranilate synthase (AS) is a key enzyme in the synthesis of tryptophan (Trp), indole-3-
acetic acid, and indole alkaloids. Two genes, OASA1 and OASA2, encoding AS α-subunits …

Expression of plastid genes is controlled at both transcriptional and post-transcriptional
levels in response to developmental and environmental signals. In many cases this …

Expression of the plastid rRNA operon (rrn) during development is highly regulated at the
level of transcription. The plastid rrn operon in most higher plants is transcribed by the …