Abstract: Plastids are crucial to plant functionality and develop from proplastids in meristem cells togenerate different plastid forms in different types of plant cells. In addition to the photosynthesisof leaf mesophyll cell chloroplasts, plastids contribute to storage and pigmentation capacities inmany different specialised cells as well as contributing essential metabolic pathways within the cellin general. Plastids also have the capacity to interconvert between types according to environmentaland molecular signals. Progress in understanding the cell biology and morphological control of differentplastid types is considered in the light of modern imaging techniques, which have revealed new aspectsof plastid morphology. As well as considering molecular aspects of how plastids control their division,this article discusses also how cell-specific differentiation might be controlled and whether mastercontrol genes for plastid biogenesis might be in charge.
Publication Year: 2007
Publication Date: 2007-01-01
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
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