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 …

The large mitochondrial genomes of angiosperms are unusually dynamic because of
recombination activities involving repeated sequences. These activities generate …

Plant mitochondrial genomes are usually assembled and displayed as circular maps based
on the widely-held view across the broad community of life scientists that circular genome …

Plant mitochondria have a complex and peculiar genetic system. They have the largest
genomes, as compared to organelles from other eukaryotic organisms. These can expand …

The mitochondrion stands at the center of cell energy metabolism. It contains its own
genome, the mtDNA, that is a relic of its prokaryotic symbiotic ancestor. In plants, the …

Plant mitochondrial genomes are notorious for their large and variable size, nonconserved
open reading frames of unknown function, and high rates of rearrangement. Paradoxically …

WHIRLIES are plant-specific proteins binding to DNA in plastids, mitochondria, and nucleus.
They have been identified as significant components of nucleoids in the organelles where …

Eukaryotic organelle genomes are generally of conserved size and gene content within
phylogenetic groups. However, significant variation in genome structure may occur. Here …

In higher plants, many mitochondrial genes contain group II‐type introns that are removed
from RNA s by splicing to produce mature transcripts that are then translated into functional …

Plant mitochondrial genomes undergo frequent homologous recombination (HR). Ectopic
HR activity is inhibited by the HR surveillance pathway, but the underlying regulatory …