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ArticleG3 (Bethesda, Md.)2013

Disruption of the rice plastid ribosomal protein s20 leads to chloroplast developmental defects and seedling lethality.

Xiaodi Gong, Quan Jiang, Jianlong Xu, Jianhui Zhang, Sheng Teng, Dongzhi Lin, Yanjun Dong

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Article in G3 (Bethesda, Md.), 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 42 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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42 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 72 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Xiaodi GongDevelopment Center of Plant Germplasm Resources, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai 200234.
Quan Jiang
Jianlong Xu
Jianhui Zhang
Sheng Teng
Dongzhi Lin
Yanjun Dong
Shanghai Normal University · CNCenter for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences · CNChinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Plastid ribosomal proteins (PRPs) are essential for ribosome biogenesis, plastid protein biosynthesis, chloroplast differentiation, and early chloroplast development. This study identifies the first rice PRP mutant, asl1 (albino seedling lethality1), which exhibits an albino lethal phenotype at the seedling stage. This albino phenotype was associated with altered chlorophyll (Chl) content and chloroplast development. Map-based cloning revealed that ASL1 encodes PRP S20 (PRPS20), which localizes to the chloroplast. ASL1 showed tissue-specific expression, as it was highly expressed in plumule and young seedlings but expressed at much lower levels in other tissues. In addition, ASL1 expression was regulated by light. The transcript levels of nuclear genes for Chl biosynthesis and chloroplast development were strongly affected in asl1 mutants; transcripts of some plastid genes for photosynthesis were undetectable. Our findings indicate that nuclear-encoded PRPS20 plays an important role in chloroplast development in rice.

Indexed as

MutationAmino Acid SequenceChlorophyllChloroplastsGene Expression Regulation, PlantGenome, ChloroplastLightMolecular Sequence DataOrgan SpecificityOryzaPlant ProteinsRibosomal ProteinsSeedlingsChlorophyllPlant ProteinsRibosomal Proteinsribosomal protein S20albinochloroplast developmentlethalityOryza sativaplastid ribosomal protein (PRP)

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PMID23979931
PMCPMC3789801
OpenAlexW2156820254

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