<? xm-replace_text {Heading}?> Abstract Terpenoids (isoprenoids) represent the largest
and most diverse class of chemicals among the myriad compounds produced by plants …

Isoprenoid biosynthesis is essential for all living organisms, and isoprenoids are also of
industrial and agricultural interest. All isoprenoids are derived from prenyl diphosphate …

Plastid-derived signals are known to coordinate expression of nuclear genes encoding
plastid-localized proteins in a process termed retrograde signaling. To date, the identity of …

When compared to other organisms, plants are atypical with respect to isoprenoid
biosynthesis: they utilize two distinct and separately compartmentalized pathways to build …

The term retrograde signaling refers to the fact that chloroplasts and mitochondria utilize
specific signaling molecules to convey information on their developmental and physiological …

Isoprenoids represent the oldest class of known low molecular-mass natural products
synthesized by plants. Their biogenesis in plastids, mitochondria and the endoplasmic …

Squalene is a natural triterpene and an important intermediate of sterol and hopanoid
biosynthesis in various types of cell from bacteria to human. Synthesis and further …

Abstract The methyl-d-erythritol 4-phosphate pathway is responsible for the biosynthesis of a
substantial number of natural compounds of biological and biotechnological importance. In …

Derived by endosymbiosis from ancestral cyanobacteria, chloroplasts integrated seamlessly
into the biology of their host cell. That integration involved a massive transfer of genes to the …

Terpenes constitute the largest class of plant secondary (or specialized) metabolites, which
are compounds of ecological function in plant defense or the attraction of beneficial …