Transcriptional activities of the chloroplast-nuclei and proplastid-nuclei isolated from tobacco exhibit different sensitivities to tagetitoxin: Implication of the presence of distinct RNA polymerases

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 928-934

  Sakai, Atsushi ^a   Saito, Chieko ^a   Inada, Noriko ^a   Kuroiwa, Tsuneyoshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chloroplast; Proplastid; RNA polymerase; Tagetitoxin; Transcription

Indexed keywords

CELL ISOLATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CHLOROPLAST; ENZYME ACTIVITY; PLANT CELL CULTURE; PROPLASTID; RNA POLYMERASE; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TAGETITOXIN;

EMBRYOPHYTA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NICOTIANA TABACUM; TABACUM;

EID: 0032169941     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.pcp.a029456     Document Type: Article

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