Transcription of plastid genes is modulated by two nuclear-encoded α subunits of plastid RNA polymerase in the moss Physcomitrella patens

Plant Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 730-741

  Kabeya, Yukihiro ^a,b   Kobayashi, Yuki ^a,c   Suzuki, Hiromichi ^a   Itoh, Jun ^a   Sugita, Mamoru ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Japan Science and Technology Agency   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

subunit; Chloroplast; Physcomitrella; Plastid encoded RNA polymerase; Transcription

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERIZATION; CHLOROPHYLL; ENZYMES; PLANTS (BOTANY); RNA; TRANSCRIPTION;

CHLOROPLAST; NORTHERN BLOT ANALYSIS; PHYSCOMITRELLA; PLASTID-ENCODED RNA POLYMERASE; SUBUNITS;

GENE ENCODING;

DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; ISOENZYME; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BRYOPSIDA; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA MICROARRAY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; GENOME; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PLASTID; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BRYOPSIDA; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENOME, PLASTID; ISOENZYMES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; PLASTIDS; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRYOPHYTA; EMBRYOPHYTA; PHYSCOMITRELLA; PHYSCOMITRELLA PATENS;

EID: 35848960999     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2007.03270.x     Document Type: Article

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