Figure 6. Expression analysis of genes involved in chloroplast development and plastidic transcription apparatus in leaves of wild type (WT) and yl1-1 mutants.

The relative expression level of each gene were analyzed by qRT-PCR and normalized using the Actin gene (LOC_Os03g50885) as an internal control (mean ± SD, n = 3). The asterisk indicates significant difference between the wild type and yl1-1 mutant (Student’s t-test, **p < 0.01).