Chloroplasts evolved from an ancient cyanobacterial endosymbiont more than 1.5 billion
years ago. During subsequent coevolution with the nuclear genome, the chloroplast …

Plants exhibit an enormous phenotypic plasticity to adjust to changing environmental
conditions. For this purpose, they have evolved mechanisms to detect and measure biotic …

The molecular mechanism underlying phototherapy and light treatment, which utilize various
wavelength spectra of light, including near-infrared (NIR), to cure human and plant diseases …

Chloroplasts play crucial roles in biotic and abiotic stress responses, regulated by nuclear
gene expression through changes in the cellular redox state. Despite lacking the N-terminal …

The circadian system of plants is a complex physiological mechanism, a biological process
in which plants can adjust themselves according to the day and night cycle. To understand …

The synthesis and assembly of functioning photosynthetic complexes in chloroplasts
developing from etioplasts during the de-etiolation of angiosperm seedlings are imperative …

Photosynthesis is involved in the essential process of transforming light energy into
chemical energy. Although the interaction between photosynthesis and the circadian clock …

Starch is a major storage carbohydrate in plants and is critical in crop yield and quality.
Starch synthesis is intricately regulated by internal metabolic processes and external …

Key message The deletion mutated rpoC2 leads to yellow stripes of Clivia miniata var.
variegata by down regulating the transcription of 28 chloroplast genes and disturbing …

Accumulating evidence suggests that chloroplasts are an important battleground during
various microbe-host interactions. Plants have evolved layered strategies to reprogram …