Experimental seedlings in the laboratory. UC Davis plant biologists have discovered how chloroplasts, responsible for photosynthesis in green plants, also play a key role in plant immunity to ...

The locations of chloroplast proteins reveal the spatial organization of the chloroplast. Engineering crop plants will help address food, fuel, and product production challenges that arise from ...

The chloroplast protein import motor plays a pivotal role in biogenesis and homeostasis by driving the translocation of preproteins into chloroplasts. Two groundbreaking studies published in the ...

Aims Aim to unveil the functions of VcLon1 in plant Fe use efficiency. Methods RT-PCR was used to analyze the expression profile of VcLon1. VcLon1 was expressed in Nicotiana benthamiana, and its ...