Complementation of the nuclear antisense rbcS-induced photosynthesis deficiency by introducing an rbcS gene into the tobacco plastid genome

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1302-1313

  Zhang, Xing Hai ^a   Ewy, Robert G ^b,c   Widholm, Jack M ^a   Portis Jr , Archie R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c KNOX COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antisense; Chloroplast transformation; Photosynthesis; RbcS Rubisco; Tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L. cv. Petit Havana SR1)

Indexed keywords

EMBRYOPHYTA; NICOTIANA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 0036857531     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcf158     Document Type: Article

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