title: Organelle signaling: how stressed chloroplasts communicate with the nucleus.
abstract: Plastids are able to relay information to the nucleus to regulate stress responses. A new genetic screen has identified an isoprenoid intermediate that accumulates in stressed plastids and acts as a novel retrograde signal.
authors.affiliation: Plant Biology Laboratory, The Salk Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA. woodson@salk.edu
authors.forename: Jesse D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Woodson
authors.forename: Joanne
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chory
mesh_terms: D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000378:metabolism*; D002736:Chloroplasts / Q000378:metabolism*; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins / Q000502:physiology; D053858:Metabolic Networks and Pathways; D010641:Phenotype; D030821:Plants, Genetically Modified / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D015398:Signal Transduction; D013312:Stress, Physiological
chemical_list: D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins