Advances in Plastid Biology and Its Applications

• Main Author: Niaz Ahmad (auth)
• Other Authors: Brent L. Nielsen (auth), Steven J. Burgess (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2016
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Botany & plant sciences; plastid transformation; Metabolic Engineering; plastid division; Plastid development; biopharming; retrograde signalling; plastid polymerases; Plastid biogenesis; Plastids; Plastid replication
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

One of the distinguishing features of plants is the presence of membrane-bound organelles called plastids. Starting from proplastids (undifferentiated plastids) they readily develop into specialised types, which are involved in a range of cellular functions such as photosynthesis, nitrogen assimilat...