RNAi-mediated tocopherol deficiency impairs photoassimilate export in transgenic potato plants

Plant Physiology

Volumn 135, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 1256-1268

  Hofius, Daniel ^a   Hajirezaei, Mohammad Reza ^a   Geiger, Michael ^b,c   Tschiersch, Henning ^a   Melzer, Michael ^a   Sonnewald, Uwe ^a  

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

^b Sungene GmbH and Co KGaA   (Germany)

^c BASF SE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE; MEMBRANES; PHOTOOXIDATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PROTEINS; RNA; VITAMINS;

POTATO PLANTS; TOCOPHEROLS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ARABIDOPSIS; SOLANUM; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; ZEA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 3543022131     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.104.043927     Document Type: Article

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