Plant Ribonuclease J: An Essential Player in Maintaining Chloroplast RNA Quality Control for Gene Expression
Abstract
:1. An Overview of Chloroplast Gene Expression
2. Relaxed Transcription in Chloroplasts
3. Ribonuclease J and β-CASP Proteins
4. The Plant RNase J GT-1 Domain
5. Consequences of Removing or Down-Regulating RNase J in Plants
6. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Hotto, A.M.; Stern, D.B.; Schuster, G. Plant Ribonuclease J: An Essential Player in Maintaining Chloroplast RNA Quality Control for Gene Expression. Plants 2020, 9, 334. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants9030334
Hotto AM, Stern DB, Schuster G. Plant Ribonuclease J: An Essential Player in Maintaining Chloroplast RNA Quality Control for Gene Expression. Plants. 2020; 9(3):334. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants9030334
Chicago/Turabian StyleHotto, Amber M., David B. Stern, and Gadi Schuster. 2020. "Plant Ribonuclease J: An Essential Player in Maintaining Chloroplast RNA Quality Control for Gene Expression" Plants 9, no. 3: 334. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants9030334