Decreased and increased expression of the subunit CHL I diminishes Mg chelatase activity and reduces chlorophyll synthesis in transgenic tobacco plants

Plant Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 155-164

  Papenbrock, Jutta ^a,b   Pfündel, Erhard ^a,c   Mock, Hans Peter ^a   Grimm, Bernhard ^a,c  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PLANT GENETICS AND CROP PLANT RESEARCH IPK   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; BIOCHEMICAL PATHWAY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHELATION; CHLOROPHYLL; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SUBUNIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LIGHT HARVESTING COMPLEX; MAGNESIUM CHELATASE; MESSENGER RNA; NICOTIANA; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PROTOPORPHYRIN; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; CHLOROPHYLL; LIGHT-HARVESTING PROTEIN COMPLEXES; LYASES; PHOTOSYNTHETIC REACTION CENTER COMPLEX PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLANTS, TOXIC; PROTOPORPHYRINS; PYRROLES; TETRAPYRROLES; TOBACCO;

EID: 0343294295     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.2000.00724.x     Document Type: Article

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