Differential regulation of chloroplast gene expression in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii during photoacclimation: Light stress transiently suppresses synthesis of the Rubisco LSU protein while enhancing synthesis of the PS II D1 protein

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1001-

  Shapira, Michal ^b   Lers, Amnon ^c   Heifetz, Peter B ^d   Irihimovitz, Vered ^b   Osmond, C Barry ^e   Gillham, Nicholas W ^a   Boynton, John E ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^d Ciba Agricultural Biotechnology   (United States)

^e AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

chloroplast protein synthesis; D1; LSU; photoinhibition; translational regulation

Indexed keywords

CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII;

EID: 0031128133     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005814800641     Document Type: Article

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