Polyunsaturated membranes are required for photosynthetic competence in a mutant of Arabidopsis

Plant Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 521-530

  McConn, Michele ^a,b   Browse, John ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL MEMBRANE; CHLOROPLAST; CULTURE MEDIUM; MUTANT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT GROWTH; ROOTING; SUCROSE;

ARABIDOPSIS; CELL MEMBRANE; CHLOROPHYLL; CHLOROPLASTS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; MUTATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAVES; SUCROSE;

EID: 0032143514     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.1998.00229.x     Document Type: Article

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