Suppression of a key gene involved in chlorophyll biosynthesis by means of virus-inducing gene silencing

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 213-224

  Hiriart, Jean Baptiste ^a   Lehto, Kirsi ^a   Tyystjärvi, Esa ^a   Junttila, Teemu ^a   Aro, Eva Mari ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll biosynthesis; Magnesium chelatase; Tobacco mosaic virus; Virus induced gene silencing

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; CHLOROPHYLL; ENZYMES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MICROORGANISMS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; RNA; TISSUE;

PHENOTYPE; TOBACCO MOSAIC VIRUS VECTORS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; NICOTIANA; NICOTIANA BENTHAMIANA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; TOBACCO MOSAIC VIRUS;

CHLOROPHYLL; CHLOROPHYLL A; CHLOROPHYLL B; CHLOROPHYLL SYNTHETASE; LIGASE; LYASE; MAGNESIUM CHELATASE; MESSENGER RNA; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; PROTOCHLOROPHYLLIDE REDUCTASE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHLOROPLAST; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; TOBACCO; TOBACCO MOSAIC VIRUS; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VIROLOGY;

CARBON-OXYGEN LIGASES; CHLOROPHYLL; CHLOROPLASTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENE SILENCING; LYASES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; OXIDOREDUCTASES; OXIDOREDUCTASES ACTING ON CH-CH GROUP DONORS; PHENOTYPE; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, VIRAL; TOBACCO; TOBACCO MOSAIC VIRUS;

EID: 0036716390     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1016000627231     Document Type: Article

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