Arabidopsis MDA1, a nuclear-encoded protein, functions in chloroplast development and abiotic stress responses.

Most chloroplast and mitochondrial proteins are encoded by nuclear genes, whose functions remain largely unknown because mutant alleles are lacking. A reverse genetics screen for mutations affecting the mitochondrial transcription termination factor (mTERF) family in Arabidopsis thaliana allowed us...

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Main Authors: Pedro Robles, José Luis Micol, Víctor Quesada
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3414458?pdf=render