Cytoplasm and chloroplasts are not suitable subcellular locations for β-zein accumulation in transgenic plants

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 56, Issue 414, 2005, Pages 1205-1212

  Bellucci, Michele ^a   De Marchis, Francesca ^a   Mannucci, Roberta ^b   Bock, Ralph ^c,d   Arcioni, Sergio ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

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

Author keywords

zein; Chloroplast; Cytoplasm; Green fluorescent protein; Improved nutritional quality; Plastome transformation; Transgenic alfalfa

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; CROPS; DNA; GENES; PLANTS (BOTANY); SULFUR; TOBACCO;

CYTOSOL; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; ENDOSPERM CELLS; ZEINS;

PROTEINS;

PRIMER DNA; ZEIN;

ALFALFA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL FRACTIONATION; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CHLOROPLAST; CYTOPLASM; CYTOSOL; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RESTRICTION MAPPING; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CHLOROPLASTS; CYTOPLASM; CYTOSOL; DNA PRIMERS; MEDICAGO SATIVA; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS; ZEIN;

AMINO ACIDS; CHLOROPHYLLS; GENES; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PLANTS; PLASTIDS; PROTOPLASM; TOBACCO; ZEIN;

MEDICAGO SATIVA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 17144390262     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/eri114     Document Type: Article

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