Molecular, functional and ultrastructural characterisation of plastids from six species of the parasitic flowering plant genus Cuscuta

Planta

Volumn 210, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 701-707

  Van Der Kooij, T A W ^a   Krause, K ^a   Dorr I ^a   Krupinska, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cuscuta; Photosynthesis; Plastid; Plastome; Thylakoid

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; ELECTRON TRANSFER; FLUORESCENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; PARASITIC PLANT; PHOTOSYSTEM II; PLASTID; RBCL GENE; RIBULOSE 1,5 BIPHOSPHATE CARBOXYLASE OXYGENASE; THYLAKOID;

CUSCUTA; CUSCUTA CAMPESTRIS; CUSCUTA GRANDIFLORA; CUSCUTA GRONOVII; CUSCUTA ODORATA; CUSCUTA REFLEXA; CUSCUTA SUBINCLUSA; IPOMOEA TRICOLOR; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 0034018797     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004250050670     Document Type: Article

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