Disruption of phytoene desaturase gene results in albino and dwarf phenotypes in Arabidopsis by impairing chlorophyll, carotenoid, and gibberellin biosynthesis

Cell Research

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 471-482

  Qin, Genji ^a   Gu, Hongya ^a,b   Ma, Ligeng ^a,c   Peng, Yiben ^a   Deng, Xing Wang ^a,c   Chen, Zhangliang ^a   Qu, Li Jia ^a,b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b National Plant Gene Research Center   (China)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Albino; Arabidopsis thaliana; Dwarf; Microarray analysis; Phytoene desaturase

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; CHLOROPHYLL; GIBBERELLIC ACID; GIBBERELLIN; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PHYTOENE DEHYDROGENASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHLOROPLAST; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSPOSON; UPREGULATION;

ARABIDOPSIS; CAROTENOIDS; CHLOROPHYLL; CHLOROPLASTS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DOWN-REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GIBBERELLINS; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PHENOTYPE; UP-REGULATION;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 34248587049     PISSN: 10010602     EISSN: 17487838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/cr.2007.40     Document Type: Article

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