The Biogenesis, Structure, Function and Division of Plastids
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Biochemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 January 2026 | Viewed by 1257
Special Issue Editors
Interests: chloroplast; plant stem cell; cytoskeleton
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Interests: plant physiology and molecular biology; abiotic stresses; photosynthesis; chloroplast membrane lipid; galactolipid; antioxidant
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
A plastid is a membrane-bound organelle found in the cells of plants, algae, and some other eukaryotic organisms. They are thought to be intracellular endosymbiotic cyanobacteria, and examples of them include chloroplasts, chromoplasts, leucoplasts, and apicoplasts. Plastid biogenesis can generate multiple signals which impact the development, environmental sensing, and defense responses of plants.
Plant genetic engineering plays an important role in the improvement of plants, as well as their resistance to biotic and abiotic stress and their disease resistance mechanisms. A plastome typically contains a genome that encodes transfer ribonucleic acids (tRNAs) and ribosomal ribonucleic acids (rRNAs). It also contains the proteins involved in photosynthesis and plastid gene transcription and translation. Plastids are valuable subcellular compartments in the genetic engineering of plants, with intrinsic advantages in engineering the nucleus.
This Special Issue aims to provide a platform for studies on the biogenesis, structure, function, and division of plastids. We welcome submissions of original papers and reviews that are based on results obtained on a molecular scale.
This Special Issue is supervised by Dr. Xiaomin Liu and Dr. Lina Yin and assisted by our Topical Advisory Panel Member Dr. Shijiang Cao (College of Forestry, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China).
Dr. Xiaomin Liu
Dr. Lina Yin
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- plastid
- chloroplast
- chlorophyll
- endosymbiotic cyanobacteria
- photosynthesis
- genetic engineering
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