GLK transcription factors regulate chloroplast development in a cell-autonomous manner

Plant Journal

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 432-444

  Waters, Mark T ^a   Moylan, Elizabeth C ^a,b   Langdale, Jane A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b BIOMED CENTRAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cell autonomy; Chloroplast; Development; Photosynthesis; Thylakoid; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; CHLOROPHYLL; GLK1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; GLK2 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; PLANT DNA; PLANT RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CHLOROPLAST; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PHLOEM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT EPIDERMIS; PROMOTER REGION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSGENIC PLANT; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CHLOROPHYLL; CHLOROPLASTS; DNA, PLANT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PHLOEM; PLANT EPIDERMIS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, PLANT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ARABIDOPSIS; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 54349113094     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2008.03616.x     Document Type: Article

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