Silencing of NbCEP1 encoding a chloroplast envelope protein containing 15 leucine-rich-repeats disrupts chloroplast biogenesis in Nicotiana benthamiana

Molecules and Cells

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 175-183

  Jeon, Young ^a   Hwang, A Reum ^a,c   Hwang, Inhwan ^b   Pai, Hyun Sook ^a  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

^c Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Chloroplast development; Chloroplast envelope; Light induced gene expression; LRR; Virus induced gene silencing

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; CELL PROTEIN; CHLOROPHYLL; CHLOROPLAST ENVELOPE PROTEIN 1; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHLOROPLAST; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT GENETICS; PLANT GROWTH; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN TARGETING; TOBACCO;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHLOROPLASTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENE SILENCING; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANES; MITOCHONDRIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; PLANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS; TOBACCO;

NICOTIANA BENTHAMIANA;

EID: 77949425003     PISSN: 10168478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10059-010-0011-5     Document Type: Article

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