Polyester synthesis in transplastomic tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.): Significant contents of polyhydroxybutyrate are associated with growth reduction

Plant Cell Reports

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 891-899

  Lossl A ^a   Eibl, C ^a,c   Harloff, H J ^b   Jung, C ^b   Koop, H U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^c Icon Genetics AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Nicotiana tabacum; Phb operon; Plastid transformation; Polyhydroxybutyric acid

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMES; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENES; POLYESTERS;

BIOLISTIC TRANSFORMATION;

TOBACCO;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NICOTIANA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; VECTORS;

EID: 0038378789     PISSN: 07217714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00299-003-0610-0     Document Type: Article

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