The Arabidopsis nuclear DAL gene encodes a chloroplast protein which is required for the maturation of the plastid ribosomal RNAs and is essential for chloroplast differentiation

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 651-663

  Bisanz, Cordelia ^a,e   Bégot, Laurent ^a,c   Carol, Pierre ^a   Perez, Pascual ^b   Bligny, Muriel ^a   Pesey, Hélène ^a   Gallois, Jean Luc ^a,d   Lerbs Mache, Silva ^a   Mache, Régis ^a  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b Biogemma   (France)

^c CERMA   (France)

^d JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^e Lab PEGM   (France)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Chloroplasts; DAL; rRNA processing; Transcription

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; CELLS; GENES; PIGMENTS; PROTEINS; RNA;

PLASTIDS;

MOLECULAR BIOLOGY;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CELL NUCLEUS; CHLOROPLASTS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RNA, CHLOROPLAST; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

ARABIDOPSIS; EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; TRANSPOSONS;

EID: 0037352063     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022557825768     Document Type: Article

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