TY - JOUR
T1 - Versatile roles of plastids in plant growth and development
AU - Inaba, Takehito
AU - Ito-Inaba, Yasuko
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology [Special Coordination Fund for Promoting Science and Technology]; the University of Miyazaki [a grant for Scientific Research on Priority Areas].
PY - 2010/11
Y1 - 2010/11
N2 - Plastids, found in plants and some parasites, are of endosymbiotic origin. The best-characterized plastid is the plant cell chloroplast. Plastids provide essential metabolic and signaling functions, such as the photosynthetic process in chloroplasts. However, the role of plastids is not limited to production of metabolites. Plastids affect numerous aspects of plant growth and development through biogenesis, varying functional states and metabolic activities. Examples include, but are not limited to, embryogenesis, leaf development, gravitropism, temperature response and plantmicrobe interactions. In this review, we summarize the versatile roles of plastids in plant growth and development.
AB - Plastids, found in plants and some parasites, are of endosymbiotic origin. The best-characterized plastid is the plant cell chloroplast. Plastids provide essential metabolic and signaling functions, such as the photosynthetic process in chloroplasts. However, the role of plastids is not limited to production of metabolites. Plastids affect numerous aspects of plant growth and development through biogenesis, varying functional states and metabolic activities. Examples include, but are not limited to, embryogenesis, leaf development, gravitropism, temperature response and plantmicrobe interactions. In this review, we summarize the versatile roles of plastids in plant growth and development.
KW - Plastids
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U2 - 10.1093/pcp/pcq147
DO - 10.1093/pcp/pcq147
M3 - Article
C2 - 20889507
AN - SCOPUS:78349260838
VL - 51
SP - 1847
EP - 1853
JO - Plant and Cell Physiology
JF - Plant and Cell Physiology
SN - 0032-0781
IS - 11
ER -