The stromal processing peptidase of chloroplasts is essential in Arabidopsis, with knockout mutations causing embryo arrest after the 16-cell stage

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Trösch, Raphael ^a   Jarvis, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PEPTIDASE; PLANT DNA; STROMAL PROCESSING PEPTIDASE 1; STROMAL PROCESSING PEPTIDASE 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; CHLOROPLAST PROCESSING ENZYME PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; METALLOPROTEINASE; STROMAL PROCESSING PEPTIDASE, ARABIDOPSIS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE ARREST; CHLOROPLAST DIVISION; CHLOROPLAST GENETICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GAMETE; GAMETOPHYTE; GENE DOSAGE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE INSERTION; GENE MUTATION; HETEROZYGOTE; MICROSCOPY; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PLANT GENE; PLANT GROWTH; PROGENY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; STROMAL PROCESSING PEPTIDASE 1 GENE; STROMAL PROCESSING PEPTIDASE 2 GENE; WILD TYPE; CHLOROPLAST; CYTOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PLANT SEED; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ARABIDOPSIS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CHLOROPLASTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENOTYPE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; METALLOENDOPEPTIDASES; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEEDS;

EID: 80051684816     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0023039     Document Type: Article

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