Antisense suppression of the small chloroplast protein cp12 in tobacco alters carbon partitioning and severely restricts growth

Plant Physiology

Volumn 157, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 620-631

  Howard, Thomas P ^a,e   Fryer, Michael J ^a   Singh, Prashant ^a,f   Metodiev, Metodi ^a   Lytovchenko, Anna ^b   Obata, Toshihiro ^b   Fernie, Alisdair R ^b   Kruger, Nicholas J ^c   Quick, W Paul ^d,g   Lloyd, Julie C ^a   Raines, Christine A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PLANT PHYSIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^f NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^g INTERNATIONAL RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Philippines)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANOBACTERIA; EMBRYOPHYTA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 80053602323     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: 15322548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.111.183806     Document Type: Article

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