title: Chloroplast RNA-binding proteins.
abstract: Chloroplast gene expression is regulated by nucleus-encoded factors, which mainly act at the post-transcriptional level. Plastid RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) represent good candidates for mediating these functions. The picture emerging from recent analyses is that of a great number of differentially regulated RBPs, which are organized in distinct, spatially separated supramolecular complexes. This reflects the complexity of the regulatory network that underlies the intracellular communication system between the nucleus and the chloroplast.
authors.affiliation: Lehrstuhl für Allgemeine und Molekulare Botanik, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, 44780, Bochum, Germany. joerg.nickelsen@ruhr-uni-bochum.de
authors.forename: Jörg
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nickelsen
mesh_terms: D020121:5' Untranslated Regions / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D001483:Base Sequence; D002736:Chloroplasts / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D015870:Gene Expression; D012313:RNA / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D012323:RNA Processing, Post-Transcriptional; D016601:RNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D015398:Signal Transduction
chemical_list: D020121:5' Untranslated Regions; D016601:RNA-Binding Proteins; D012313:RNA