The study of plant mitochondria started in earnest around 1950 with the first isolations of
mitochondria from animal and plant tissues. The first 35 years were spent establishing the …

Plant organellar RNA metabolism is run by a multitude of nucleus-encoded RNA-binding
proteins (RBPs) that control RNA stability, processing, and degradation. In chloroplasts and …

Orchidaceae is one of the largest families of angiosperms. Considering the large number of
species in this family and its symbiotic relationship with fungi, Orchidaceae provide an ideal …

The mitochondria contain their own genome derived from an alphaproteobacterial
endosymbiont. From thousands of protein-coding genes originally encoded by their …

The mitochondrial genome of Liriodendron tulipifera exhibits many ancestral angiosperm
features and a remarkably slow evolutionary rate, while mitochondrial genomes of other …

Over the course of evolution, land plant mitochondrial genomes have lost many transfer
RNA (tRNA) genes and the import of nucleus-encoded tRNAs is essential for mitochondrial …

Plant mitochondrial genomes display an enormous structural complexity, as recombining
repeat-pairs lead to the generation of various sub-genomic molecules, rendering these …

There is remarkable variation in the rate at which genetic incompatibilities in molecular
interactions accumulate. In some cases, minor changes—even single-nucleotide …

Gene identification and evolution and also their impacts on agronomical traits are important
variations between related species which are often because of differences in the cumulative …

Abstract Iron–sulfur (Fe–S) clusters are prosthetic groups ensuring electron transfer
reactions, activating substrates for catalytic reactions, providing sulfur atoms for the …