Characterization of an Arabidopsis mutant deficient in γ-tocopherol methyltransferase

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1181-1190

  Bergmüller, Eveline ^a   Porfirova, Svetlana ^a   Dörmann, Peter ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PLANT PHYSIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Lipid; Mutant; Oxidative stress; Tocopherol; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CHLOROPHYLL; FATTY ACIDS; GENES; HYDROLYSIS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SCREENING; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

MUTATIONS;

MOLECULAR BIOLOGY;

ARABIDOPSIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; TOCOPHEROLS;

ARABIDOPSIS; INSERTION SEQUENCES;

EID: 0344719101     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:PLAN.0000004307.62398.91     Document Type: Article

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