HEMA RNAi silencing reveals a control mechanism of ALA biosynthesis on Mg chelatase and Fe chelatase

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 733-742

  Hedtke, Boris ^a   Alawady, Ali ^a   Chen, Shuai ^b,c   Börnke, Frederik ^b   Grimm, Bernhard ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aminolevulinic acid; Chlorophyll; Glutamyl tRNA reductase; Heme; Regulation; Tetrapyrrole biosynthesis; Transgenic plants

Indexed keywords

AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; GLUTAMYL-TRNA REDUCTASE; TETRAPYRROLE BIOSYNTHESIS; TRANSGENIC PLANTS;

BIOSYNTHESIS; CHLOROPHYLL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FORESTRY; GENE EXPRESSION; PLANTS (BOTANY); PROTEINS;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

2 HYDROXYETHYL METHACRYLATE; ALCOHOL; CHLOROPHYLL; FERROCHELATASE; GLUTAMATE GAMMA SEMIALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; HEME; IRON; LYASE; MAGNESIUM CHELATASE; METHACRYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RNA INTERFERENCE; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

CHLOROPHYLL; ETHANOL; FERROCHELATASE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENE SILENCING; GENES, PLANT; GLUTAMATE-5-SEMIALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; HEME; IRON; LYASES; METHACRYLATES; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RNA INTERFERENCE; TOBACCO;

BIOSYNTHESIS; CHLOROPHYLLS; ENZYMATIC ACTIVITY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; PLANTS;

EMBRYOPHYTA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 34447121491     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11103-007-9194-3     Document Type: Article

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