Overexpression of the Arabidopsis thaliana MinD1 gene alters chloroplast size and number in transgenic tobacco plants

Planta

Volumn 214, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 180-188

  Dinkins, Randy ^a   Reddy, Srinivasa ^a   Leng, Mei ^a   Collins, Glenn B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

AtMinD1; Bacterial cell division; Chloroplast division; Nicotiana (chloroplast division); Transgenic tobacco

Indexed keywords

CELLS; DNA; GENES; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; TOBACCO;

NUCLEAR GENE EXPRESSION;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CHLOROPHYLL; CHLOROPLASTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; LIGHT-HARVESTING PROTEIN COMPLEXES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOSYNTHETIC REACTION CENTER COMPLEX PROTEINS; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; TOBACCO;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EMBRYOPHYTA; NICOTIANA; NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 0035786005     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004250100605     Document Type: Article

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