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The discovery of plastid-to-nucleus retrograde signaling—a personal perspective by Börner, Thomas

“…DNA and machinery for gene expression have been discovered in chloroplasts during the 1960s. It was soon evident that the chloroplast genome is relatively…”
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Abscisic acid affects transcription of chloroplast genes via protein phosphatase 2C‐dependent activation of nuclear genes: repression by guanosine‐3′‐5′‐bisdiphosphate and activation by sigma factor 5 by Yamburenko, Maria V., Zubo, Yan O., Börner, Thomas

“…Summary Abscisic acid (ABA) represses the transcriptional activity of chloroplast genes (determined by run‐on assays), with the exception of psbD and a few…”
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The cyanobacterial hepatotoxin microcystin binds to proteins and increases the fitness of microcystis under oxidative stress conditions by Zilliges, Yvonne, Kehr, Jan-Christoph, Meissner, Sven, Ishida, Keishi, Mikkat, Stefan, Hagemann, Martin, Kaplan, Aaron, Börner, Thomas, Dittmann, Elke

“…Microcystins are cyanobacterial toxins that represent a serious threat to drinking water and recreational lakes worldwide. Here, we show that microcystin…”
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The transcription machineries of plant mitochondria and chloroplasts: Composition, function, and regulation by Liere, Karsten, Weihe, Andreas, Börner, Thomas

“…Although genomes of mitochondria and plastids are very small compared to those of their bacterial ancestors, the transcription machineries of these organelles…”
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Chloroplast RNA polymerases: Role in chloroplast biogenesis by Börner, Thomas, Aleynikova, Anastasia Yu, Zubo, Yan O., Kusnetsov, Victor V.

“…Plastid genes are transcribed by two types of RNA polymerase in angiosperms: the bacterial type plastid-encoded RNA polymerase (PEP) and one (RPOTp in…”
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Protein-mediated protection as the predominant mechanism for defining processed mRNA termini in land plant chloroplasts by Zhelyazkova, Petya, Hammani, Kamel, Rojas, Margarita, Voelker, Rodger, Vargas-Suárez, Martín, Börner, Thomas, Barkan, Alice

“…Most chloroplast mRNAs are processed from larger precursors. Several mechanisms have been proposed to mediate these processing events, including site-specific…”
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Chloroplast nucleoids are highly dynamic in ploidy, number, and structure during angiosperm leaf development by Greiner, Stephan, Golczyk, Hieronim, Malinova, Irina, Pellizzer, Tommaso, Bock, Ralph, Börner, Thomas, Herrmann, Reinhold G.

“…Summary Chloroplast nucleoids are large, compact nucleoprotein structures containing multiple copies of the plastid genome. Studies on structural and…”
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Microcystin Biosynthesis in Planktothrix: Genes, Evolution, and Manipulation by Christiansen, Guntram, Fastner, Jutta, Erhard, Marcel, Börner, Thomas, Dittmann, Elke

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Leaf Variegation and Impaired Chloroplast Development Caused by a Truncated CCT Domain Gene in albostrians Barley by Li, Mingjiu, Hensel, Goetz, Mascher, Martin, Melzer, Michael, Budhagatapalli, Nagaveni, Rutten, Twan, Himmelbach, Axel, Beier, Sebastian, Korzun, Viktor, Kumlehn, Jochen, Börner, Thomas, Stein, Nils

“…Chloroplasts fuel plant development and growth by converting solar energy into chemical energy. They mature from proplastids through the concerted action of…”
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Phage-Type RNA Polymerase RPOTmp Performs Gene-Specific Transcription in Mitochondria of Arabidopsis thaliana by Kühn, Kristina, Richter, Uwe, Meyer, Etienne H, Delannoy, Etienne, Falcon de Longevialle, Andéol, O'Toole, Nicholas, Börner, Thomas, Millar, A. Harvey, Small, Ian D, Whelan, James

“…Transcription of mitochondrial genes in animals, fungi, and plants relies on the activity of T3/T7 phage-type RNA polymerases. Two such enzymes, RPOTm and…”
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From seedling to mature plant: Arabidopsis plastidial genome copy number, RNA accumulation and transcription are differentially regulated during leaf development by Zoschke, Reimo, Liere, Karsten, Börner, Thomas

“…Little is known about DNA and RNA metabolism during leaf development and aging in the model organism Arabidopsis. Therefore we examined the nuclear and…”
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The Primary Transcriptome of Barley Chloroplasts: Numerous Noncoding RNAs and the Dominating Role of the Plastid-Encoded RNA Polymerase by Zhelyazkova, Petya, Sharma, Cynthia M., Förstner, Konrad U., Liere, Karsten, Vogel, Jörg, Börner, Thomas

“…Gene expression in plastids of higher plants is dependent on two different transcription machineries, a plastid-encoded bacterial-type RNA polymerase (PEP) and…”
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Light and the Transcriptional Response of the Microcystin Biosynthesis Gene Cluster by Kaebernick, Melanie, Neilan, Brett A., Börner, Thomas, Dittmann, Elke

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An Organellar Maturase Associates with Multiple Group II Introns by Zoschke, Reimo, Nakamura, Masayuki, Liere, Karsten, Sugiura, Masahiro, Börner, Thomas, Schmitz-Iinneweber, Christian, Lambowitz, Alan M.

“…Bacterial group II introns encode maturase proteins required for splicing. In organelles of photosynthetic land plants, most of the group II introns have lost…”
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Natural biocombinatorics in the polyketide synthase genes of the actinobacterium Streptomyces avermitilis by Jenke-Kodama, Holger, Börner, Thomas, Dittmann, Elke

“…Modular polyketide synthases (PKSs) of bacteria provide an enormous reservoir of natural chemical diversity. Studying natural biocombinatorics may aid in the…”
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Abscisic acid represses the transcription of chloroplast genes by Yamburenko, Maria V, Zubo, Yan O, Vanková, Radomíra, Kusnetsov, Victor V, Kulaeva, Olga N, Börner, Thomas

“…Numerous studies have shown effects of abscisic acid (ABA) on nuclear genes encoding chloroplast-localized proteins. ABA effects on the transcription of…”
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Chloroplast DNA in Mature and Senescing Leaves: A Reappraisal by Golczyk, Hieronim, Greiner, Stephan, Wanner, Gerhard, Weihe, Andreas, Bock, Ralph, Börner, Thomas, Herrmann, Reinhold G.

“…The fate of plastid DNA (ptDNA) during leaf development has become a matter of contention. Reports on little change in ptDNA copy number per cell contrast with…”
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Towards clarification of the biological role of microcystins, a family of cyanobacterial toxins by Schatz, Daniella, Keren, Yael, Vardi, Assaf, Sukenik, Assaf, Carmeli, Shmuel, Börner, Thomas, Dittmann, Elke, Kaplan, Aaron

“…Microcystins constitute a serious threat to the quality of drinking water worldwide. These protein phosphatase inhibitors are formed by various cyanobacterial…”
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Transposons Inactivate Biosynthesis of the Nonribosomal Peptide Microcystin in Naturally Occurring Planktothrix spp by Christiansen, Guntram, Kurmayer, Rainer, Liu, Qian, Börner, Thomas

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Arabidopsis Phage-Type RNA Polymerases: Accurate in Vitro Transcription of Organellar Genes by Kühn, Kristina, Bohne, Alexandra-Viola, Liere, Karsten, Weihe, Andreas, Börner, Thomas

“…The T7 bacteriophage RNA polymerase (RNAP) performs all steps of transcription, including promoter recognition, initiation, and elongation as a…”
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