The IMMUTANS variegation locus of arabidopsis defines a mitochondrial alternative oxidase homolog that functions during early chloroplast biogenesis

Plant Cell

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 43-55

  Wu, Dongying ^a   Wright, David A ^a   Wetzel, Carolyn ^a   Voytas, Daniel F ^a   Rodermel, Steven ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; CHLOROPLAST; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCING; MITOCHONDRION; OXIDASE HOMOLOG; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT GENETICS;

ARABIDOPSIS; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 0032741833     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.11.1.43     Document Type: Article

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