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Figure 2. Gene organization of a typical plastid chromosome from embryophytic plants, here from Atropa belladonna, in its c
ircular monomeric form (Schmitz-Linneweber et al., 2002). Large and small single copy regions (LSC, SSC) are separated by t
he inverted repeats IRA and IRB (bold), respectively. Intron-containing genes are marked by asterisks. Genes drawn inside the
circle are transcribed clockwise, those outside anti-clockwise. Genes belonging to a functional group are marked by the same
gray-scale/pattern. For abbreviations and nomenclature of genes, see Stoebe et al. (1998).