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Astrid E. Tveitaskog, Jodi Maple, Simon G. Mller

Plastid division in an evolutionary context

Keywords: Arabidopsis, evolution, FtsZ, Min

Plastids are derived from free-living cyanobacteria that were engulfed by eukaryotic host cells through the process of endosymbiosis and like their cyanobacterial ancestors, plastids divide by binary fission. Over the last decade the continued identification and functional analysis of plastid division components, coupled with ever increasing genomic resources, have yielded insights into the origins and the evolution of the plastid division mechanism in higher plants. Here we review the current understanding of the evolution of the chloroplast division proteins and present a model of how the machinery has developed to execute plastid division in Arabidopsis.

Biological Chemistry, Walter de Gruyter

Print ISSN: 1431-6730
Volume: 2007
Pages: -

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