AtSIG6 and other members of the sigma gene family jointly but differentially determine plastid target gene expression in Arabidopsis thaliana

The Primary Transcriptome of Barley Chloroplasts: Numerous Noncoding RNAs and the Dominating Role of the Plastid-Encoded RNA Polymerase

(2012) P. Zhelyazkova et al.   PLANT CELL

Sigma factor-mediated plastid retrograde signals control nuclear gene expression

(2012) Jesse D. Woodson et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Eukaryotic-type plastid nucleoid protein pTAC3 is essential for transcription by the bacterial-type plastid RNA polymerase

(2012) Y. Yagi et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Phylogenetic and functional features of the plastid transcription kinase cpCK2 from Arabidopsis signify a role of cysteinyl SH-groups in regulatory phosphorylation of plastid sigma factors

(2011) Hacer Türkeri et al.   FEBS Journal

Function and evolution of plastid sigma factors

(2011) Takashi Shiina et al.   Plant Biotechnology

Role and regulation of plastid sigma factors and their functional interactors during chloroplast transcription – Recent lessons from Arabidopsis thaliana

(2010) Jennifer Schweer et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Interaction of the pentatricopeptide-repeat protein DELAYED GREENING 1 with sigma factor SIG6 in the regulation of chloroplast gene expression in Arabidopsis cotyledons

(2010) Wei Chi et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

AtSIG6, a plastid sigma factor from Arabidopsis, reveals functional impact of cpCK2 phosphorylation

(2010) Jennifer Schweer et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Function of plastid sigma factors in higher plants: regulation of gene expression or just preservation of constitutive transcription?

(2010) Silva Lerbs-Mache   PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Sigma factor phosphorylation in the photosynthetic control of photosystem stoichiometry

(2010) M. Shimizu et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Plastidial retrograde signalling – a true “plastid factor” or just metabolite signatures?

(2010) Thomas Pfannschmidt   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

Arabidopsis Mutants Carrying Chimeric Sigma Factor Genes Reveal Regulatory Determinants for Plastid Gene Expression

(2009) Jennifer Schweer et al.   PLANT AND CELL PHYSIOLOGY