The rice white green leaf 2 gene causes defects in chloroplast development and affects the plastid ribosomal protein S9.

Zhennan QiuDongdong ChenLei HeSen ZhangZenan YangYu ZhangZhongwei WangDeyong RenQian QianLongbiao GuoLi Zhu

Published in: Rice (New York, N.Y.) (2018)

WGL2 encodes a conserved ribosomal protein, which localizes to the chloroplast. WGL2 is essential for early chloroplast development in rice. These results facilitate research that will further uncover the molecular mechanism of chloroplast development.

Keyphrases

arabidopsis thaliana
transcription factor
protein protein
gene expression
copy number
genome wide
small molecule