Consequences of chlorophyll deficiency for leaf carotenoid composition in tobacco synthesizing glutamate 1-semialdehyde aminotransferase antisense RNA: Dependency on developmental age and growth light

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 49, Issue 320, 1998, Pages 535-546

  Härtel, Heiko ^a,b   Grimm, Bernhard ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PLANT GENETICS AND CROP PLANT RESEARCH IPK   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Light acclimation; Lutein; Photoprotection; Quantum yield; Xanthophyll cycle

Indexed keywords

ANTISENSE RNA; CAROTENOID; CHLOROPHYLL; PHOTOSYSTEM II; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 2642691664     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/49.320.535     Document Type: Article

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