Chloroplast division.
Chloroplasts are descendants of cyanobacteria and divide by binary fission. Several components of the division apparatus have been identified in the past several years and we are beginning to appreciate the plastid division process at a mechanistic level. In this review, we attempt to summarize the most recent developments in the field and assemble these observations into a working model of plastid division in plants.
Glynn
Jonathan M
JM
Genetics Program, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA.
Miyagishima
Shin-ya
SY
Yoder
David W
DW
Osteryoung
Katherine W
KW
Vitha
Stanislav
S
D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins / Q000502:physiology; D002736:Chloroplasts / Q000502:physiology*; D034281:Dynamins / Q000502:physiology; D008954:Models, Biological; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000502:physiology; D018087:Plastids / Q000502:physiology
D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins; C095113:FTSZ protein, Arabidopsis; D010940:Plant Proteins; D034281:Dynamins