Overexpression of the Arabidopsis thaliana MinE1 bacterial division inhibitor homologue gene alters chloroplast size and morphology in transgenic Arabidopsis and tobacco plants

Planta

Volumn 215, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 167-176

  Reddy, M S Srinivasa ^a   Dinkins, Randy ^a   Collins, Glenn B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis (chloroplast division); AtMinE1 gene; Bacterial cell division; Chloroplast division

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; PLANTS (BOTANY); TOBACCO;

CHLOROPLAST DIVISION; GENOMICS;

GENES;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BACTERIA; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; CHLOROPLASTS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, ANTISENSE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RNA, PLANT; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TOBACCO;

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

EID: 0036943464     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00425-001-0728-7     Document Type: Article

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