Recent advances in chlorophyll biosynthesis and breakdown in higher plants

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-14

  Eckhardt, Ulrich ^a   Grimm, Bernhard ^a   Hörtensteiner, Stefan ^b  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll biosynthesis; Chlorophyll degradation; Porphyrin; Tetrapyrrole

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; CHLOROPHYLL; DEGRADATION; GENE TRANSFER; METABOLISM; MUTAGENESIS; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

CHLOROPLAST-NUCLEAR SIGNALING; ENERGY TRANSDUCTION; LIGHT-HARVESTING; PHOTOMORPHOGENESIS;

BIOSYNTHESIS;

CHLOROPHYLL;

ARABIDOPSIS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PLANT; REVIEW;

ARABIDOPSIS; CHLOROPHYLL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANTS;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHLOROPHYLLS; GENES; METABOLISM; MUTAGENS; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PLANTS; PLASTIDS;

ARABIDOPSIS; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 12344310587     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11103-004-2331-3     Document Type: Review

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