Reduced activity of geranylgeranyl reductase leads to loss of chlorophyll and tocopherol and to partially geranylgeranylated chlorophyll in transgenic tobacco plants expressing antisense RNA for geranylgeranyl reductase

Plant Physiology

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 695-704

  Tanaka, Ryouichi ^a,c   Oster, Ulrike ^b   Kruse, Elisabeth ^a   Rüdiger, Wolfhart ^b   Grimm, Bernhard ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PLANT GENETICS AND CROP PLANT RESEARCH IPK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTISENSE RNA; ARABIDOPSIS; CHLOROPHYLL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GERANYLGERANYL REDUCTASE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTYL DIPHOSPHATE; PLANT PRODUCT; TOCOPHEROL;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 0032818240     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.120.3.695     Document Type: Article

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