Division of Biology and Medicine, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, USA.
Curr Biol. 2011 May 24;21(10):R391-3. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2011.03.072.
Developing chloroplasts are able to communicate their status to the nucleus and regulate expression of genes whose products are needed for photosynthesis. Heme is revealed to be a signaling molecule for this retrograde communication.
正在发育的叶绿体能够将其状态传达给细胞核,并调控那些对光合作用所需产物进行编码的基因的表达。血红素被揭示为这种逆行通讯的信号分子。