Restriction of chlorophyll synthesis due to expression of glutamate 1-semialdehyde aminotransferase antisense RNA does not reduce the light-harvesting antenna size in tobacco

Plant Physiology

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1113-1124

  Härtel, Heiko ^a   Kruse, Elisabeth ^b   Grimm, Bernhard ^b  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMBRYOPHYTA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; TABACUM;

EID: 0344891524     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.113.4.1113     Document Type: Article

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