Greenhouse-grown conditionally lethal tobacco plants obtained by expression of plastidic glutamine synthetase antisense RNA may contribute to biological safety

Plant Science

Volumn 153, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 107-112

  Migge, Andrea ^a   Becker, Thomas W ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Glutamine synthetase; Photorespiration; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; COMPLEMENTARY RNA; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; MESSENGER RNA; RIBULOSEBISPHOSPHATE CARBOXYLASE; TOBACCO;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT LEAF; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

EID: 0034712947     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9452(99)00232-0     Document Type: Article

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