Deletion of the chloroplast-localized AtTerC gene product in Arabidopsis thaliana leads to loss of the thylakoid membrane and to seedling lethality

Plant Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 428-442

  Kwon, Kwang Chul ^a   Cho, Myeon Haeng ^a  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; AtTerC; Chloroplast; Photosynthesis; Thylakoid

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PIGMENT; TERC PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; GENE DELETION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; LETHAL GENE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHENOTYPE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYSOME; SEEDLING; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; THYLAKOID; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENES, LETHAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENY; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; POLYRIBOSOMES; RNA, MESSENGER; SEEDLING; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; THYLAKOIDS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 47749115731     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2008.03523.x     Document Type: Article

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