Visualization of plastid nucleoids in situ using the PEND-GFP fusion protein

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 649-660

  Terasawa, Kimihiro ^a   Sato, Naoki ^a,b  

^a SAITAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

DNA binding protein; Green fluorescent protein; PEND protein; Plastid division; Plastid nucleoid; Real time imaging

Indexed keywords

BASIC LEUCINE ZIPPER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; PEND PROTEIN, PLANT; PLANT DNA; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CHLOROPLAST; CYTOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; PEA; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASTID; RAPESEED; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ARABIDOPSIS; BASIC-LEUCINE ZIPPER TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; BRASSICA NAPUS; CHLOROPLASTS; DNA, PLANT; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MICROSCOPY, VIDEO; PEAS; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLASTIDS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 18444400258     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pci070     Document Type: Article

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