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Review
. 1985 Sep;2(9):267-70.

Mechanisms of maternal inheritance of chloroplast DNA: an active digestion hypothesis

T Kuroiwa  1
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  • PMID: 3940020
Review

Mechanisms of maternal inheritance of chloroplast DNA: an active digestion hypothesis

T Kuroiwa. Microbiol Sci. 1985 Sep.

Abstract

An active digestion model for maternal inheritance of chloroplast DNA is discussed. In the model, specific mRNAs are synthesized in a cell nucleus of female origin in young zygotes. Proteins coded by the mRNAs activate Nuclease C which preferentially digests chloroplast DNA of male origin, leading to the maternal inheritance.

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