title: Chloroplast degradation: one organelle, multiple degradation pathways.
abstract: Degradation of chloroplasts is a hallmark of both natural and stress-induced plant senescence. Autophagy and senescence-associated vacuoles are two established cellular pathways for chloroplast degradation. Recently, a third independent pathway for chloroplast degradation was reported. Here we will discuss this new discovery in relation to the other known pathways.
authors: Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, 76100 Israel.
authors: Qingjun
authors: Q
authors: Xie
authors: Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, 76100 Israel; Biochimie et Physiologie Moléculaire des Plantes, UMR5004 CNRS/INRA/UM2/SupAgro, Institut de Biologie Intégrative des Plantes, 2 Place Viala, 34060 Montpellier, France.
authors: Simon
authors: S
authors: Michaeli
authors: Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, 76100 Israel.
authors: Hadas
authors: H
authors: Peled-Zehavi
authors: Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, 76100 Israel. Electronic address: gad.galili@weizmann.ac.il.
authors: Gad
authors: G
authors: Galili
mesh_terms: D001343:Autophagy / Q000502:physiology; D002736:Chloroplasts / Q000378:metabolism*; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology; D014617:Vacuoles / Q000378:metabolism