The Potential Role of Plastome Copy Number as a Quality Biomarker for Plant Products using Real-time Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction.

ABSTRACT: Background: Plastids are plant-specific semi-autonomous self-replicating organelles, containing circular DNA molecules called plastomes. Plastids perform crucial functions, including photosynthesis, stress perception and response, synthesis of metabolites, and storage. The plastome and plastid numbers have been shown to be modulated by developmental stage and environmental stimuli and have been used as a biomarker (identification of plant species) and biosensor (an indicator of abiotic and biotic stresses). However, the determination of plastome sequence and plastid number is a laborious process requiring sophisticated equipment. Methods: This study proposes using plastome copy number (PCN), which can be determined rapidly by real-time quantitative polymerase ch

SUBMITTER: Pandey A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9875542 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature