Isolation and characterization of a chlorophyll degradation regulatory gene from tall fescue

Plant Cell Reports

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1201-1207

  Wei, Qiang ^a   Guo, Yujuan ^a   Kuai, Benke ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll degradation; Senescence; Stay green; Tall fescue

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CHLOROPLAST; DARKNESS; DNA SEQUENCE; EXON; FESCUE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LIBRARY; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; INTRON; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT GENE; PLANT LEAF; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REGULATOR GENE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ARABIDOPSIS; CHLOROPHYLL; CHLOROPLASTS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DARKNESS; EXONS; FESTUCA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENE LIBRARY; GENES, PLANT; GENES, REGULATOR; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; INTRONS; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ARABIDOPSIS; FESTUCA ARUNDINACEA; POACEAE;

EID: 79958762339     PISSN: 07217714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00299-011-1028-8     Document Type: Article

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