A pea antisense gene for the chloroplast stromal processing peptidase yields seedling lethals in Arabidopsis: Survivors show defective GFP import in vivo

Plant Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 802-812

  Zhong, Rong ^a   Wan, Jiangxin ^a,b   Jin, Rongguan ^a,c   Lamppa, Gayle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Chromatin Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Antisense gene; Arabidopsis; Chloroplasts; Green fluorescent protein; Import; Stromal processing peptidase

Indexed keywords

CELLS; DNA; FLUORESCENCE; GENES;

STROMAL PROCESSING PEPTIDASE (SPP);

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CHLOROPLASTS; DNA, ANTISENSE; GENES, LETHAL; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; ISOENZYMES; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; METALLOENDOPEPTIDASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PEAS; PHENOTYPE; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SEEDLING; TRANSGENES;

ARABIDOPSIS; EMBRYOPHYTA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; PISUM SATIVUM;

EID: 0037742342     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.2003.01772.x     Document Type: Article

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