Plastid transformation reveals that moss tRNAArg-CCG is not essential for plastid function

Plant Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 314-321

  Sugiura, Chika ^a   Sugita, Mamoru ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gene targeting; Homologous recombination; Physcomitrella patens; Plastid transformation; Pseudogene; tRNA

Indexed keywords

GENES; PLANTS (BOTANY); PROTEINS;

GENE CODING; PLASTID TRANSFORMATION; TRNA;

RNA;

ARGININE TRANSFER RNA; PLANT RNA;

ARTICLE; BRYOPSIDA; CONFORMATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE; PLASTID; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

BRYOPSIDA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENOTYPE; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PHENOTYPE; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLASTIDS; RNA, PLANT; RNA, TRANSFER, ARG;

GENES; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PLANTS; PROTEINS;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; PHYSCOMITRELLA; PHYSCOMITRELLA PATENS; PINUS NIGRA; PTERIDOPHYTA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 6444229923     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2004.02202.x     Document Type: Article

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