Stable albinism induced without mutagenesis: A model for ribosome-free plastid inheritance

Plant Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 265-271

  Zubko, Mikhajlo K ^a,b   Day, Anil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF CELL BIOLOGY AND GENETIC ENGINEERING   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBINISM; CHLOROPHYLL; INHERITANCE; MUTAGENESIS; PLASTID; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RIBOSOME;

ARABIDOPSIS; BRASSICA; CHLOROPHYLL; GENETIC MARKERS; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTAGENESIS; MUTATION; PLANTS, TOXIC; PLASTIDS; RIBOSOMES; TOBACCO;

EID: 0032127684     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.1998.00195.x     Document Type: Article

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