Most of the regulation between nucleus and plastids is anterograde: products of nuclear genes control the transcription and translation of plastid genes..

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Indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) occurs in all plants, Peas, for example, contain 4-chloroindole-3-acetic acid. Mustards and corn contain indole-3- butyric acid (IBA).

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Structure of synthetic auxin, most synthetic auxins are used as herbicides in horticulture and agriculture.

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The nuclear genes that encode messages for chloroplast proteins:  the small subunit of ribulose-1,6-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (rubisco) and the major light-harvesting chlorophyll a/b–binding proteins associated with the light-harvesting complex of photosystem II (LHCII-b proteins).

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The genes for both of these proteins—RBCS and LHCB (also called CAB) —are present in multiple copies in the genome.

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Circadian oscillator model

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Both Phytochrome and the Circadian Rhythm regulate LHCB.