#plastids hashtag - Bluesky

@turbokraken.bsky.social

2 weeks ago

Compensating for genome reduction by alternative splicing:
a single exon decides, whether the only CLU protein of Marchantia acts on #mitochondria or #plastids. Great work by Maria and @cellevol.bsky.social. #science #biology #evolution

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

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michael

@proseandpassion.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy

3 months ago

Original post on mastodon.social

10-Dec-2025
The evolutionary mysteries of a rare #parasitic plant
New study maps the strange #genomes of Asia-Pacific Balanophora species, giving new insights into the #evolution of parasitic #plants and an unconventional role of #plastids.

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1109271 […]

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Journal of Integrative Plant Biology

@jipb.bsky.social

6 months ago

Diagrams of (top) a chloroplast and (bottom) a mitochondrion, illustrating the functions of Multiple Organellar RNA Editing Factor (MORF) family proteins in RNA editing as well as their other potential biological and molecular functions, like retrograde signaling, and as molecular chaperones.

If you're MORF-curious, we've got the #PlantScience mini #review for you!
Li et al. explore these essential regulators that affect the #editing efficiency of most editing sites in #plastids and #mitochondria!
doi.org/10.1111/jipb...

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Ivan Radin

@radinbio.bsky.social

7 months ago

The image shows two types of leaf plastids, the larger magenta ones are clustered in large potato-shaped cells. The smaller plastids are green and distributed all over the image. Many of them have small thread-like protrusions.

Did you know that plants can have different types of plastids/chloroplasts? The small green plastids are from the surface (epidermal) cells of the Arabidopsis leaf, while the much bigger magenta plastids are from the deeper spongy tissue. See video below.
#MicroscopyMonday #cellbiology #plastids

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ISEP

@isepprotists.bsky.social

11 months ago

figure from the paper showing various views of the discussed microbial cell

New #ISEPpapers! Hijacking and integration of algal #plastids and #mitochondria in a polar planktonic host: Ananya Kedige Rao et al. www.cell.com/current-biol...

#Microbes #Algae #Protists #Symbiosis #Organelles #Plankton

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Marc Somssich

@somssich.bsky.social

1 year ago

Modes and mechanisms for the inheritance of mitochondria and plastids in pathogenic protists Pathogenic protists are responsible for many diseases that significantly impact human and animal health across the globe. Almost all protists possess mitochondria or mitochondrion-related organelles, ...

📜 Modes and mechanisms for the inheritance of mitochondria and plastids in pathogenic protists

🧑‍🔬 Sophie L. Collier, Sarah N. Farrell, Christopher D. Goodman, @fad1.bsky.social

📔 @plos.org Pathogens

🔗 dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...

#️⃣ #Evolution #Mitochondria #Plastids #Genomics

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ISEP

@isepprotists.bsky.social

1 year ago

figure from the paper based on an evolutionary tree of a specific group of microbes

New #ISEPpapers! Reduced plastid genomes of colorless facultative pathogens Prototheca (Chlorophyta) & retained for membrane transport genes bmcbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.... by @ankarn.bsky.social

#Protists #Algae #Microbes #Plastids #Parasites #ProtistsOnSky #Genomics #Evolution #Biology

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