Roles of chloroplast RNA polymerase sigma factors in chloroplast development and stress response in higher plants

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 68, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 2215-2223

  Kanamaru, Kengo ^a   Tanaka, Kan ^b  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chloroplast; RNA polymerase; Sigma factor; Stress response; tRNA

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENES; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTS; PLANTS (BOTANY); RNA;

BIOGENESIS; CHLOROPLAST; EUBACTERIA-TYPE MULTISUBUNIT ENZYMES; PLASTID-ENCODED RNA POLYMERASE (PEP);

ENZYMES;

SIGMA FACTOR;

CHLOROPLAST; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

BASE SEQUENCE; CHLOROPLASTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; PLANTS; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ARABIDOPSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 11144345837     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.68.2215     Document Type: Review

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