Loss of Albino3 leads to the specific depletion of the light-harvesting system

Plant Cell

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 2303-2314

  Bellafiore, Stéphane ^a   Ferris, Patrick ^a   Naver, Helle ^a   Göhre, Vera ^a   Rochaix, Jean David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; ENZYMES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES; HARVESTING; MUTAGENESIS;

CHLOROPLAST;

PLANT CELL CULTURE;

CHLAMYDOMONAS; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; ESCHERICHIA COLI; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 0036737470     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.003442     Document Type: Article

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