The nuclear gene HCF107 encodes a membrane-associated R-TPR (RNA tetratricopeptide repeat)-containing protein involved in expression of the plastidial psbH gene in Arabidopsis

Plant Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 720-730

  Sane, Aniruddha P ^a,b   Stein, Bernhard ^a   Westhoff, Peter ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b CSIR NATIONAL BOTANICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Chloroplast; HCF107; psbB operon; RNA processing; TPR

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; CYTOLOGY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; PROTEINS;

DIFFERENTIAL STABILITY; NUCLEAR GENES; OPERON; PLASTID MEMBRANES;

GENES;

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; HCF107 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PHOSPHOPROTEIN; PHOTOSYSTEM II, PSBH SUBUNIT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL MEMBRANE; CHLOROPLAST; CHROMOSOME MAP; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOTOSYSTEM II; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASTID; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL MEMBRANE; CHLOROPLASTS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PHOTOSYSTEM II PROTEIN COMPLEX; PLASTIDS; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

CYTOLOGY; GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MEMBRANES; PROTEINS;

ARABIDOPSIS;

EID: 20444455913     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2005.02409.x     Document Type: Article

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