Expression of Mitochondrial Gene Fragments within the Tapetum Induce Male Sterility by Limiting the Biogenesis of the Respiratory Machinery in Transgenic Tobacco

Journal of Integrative Plant Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 115-130

  Shaya, Felix ^a   Gaiduk, Svetlana ^a   Keren, Ido ^a,b   Shevtsov, Sofia ^a   Zemah, Hanita ^a   Belausov, Eduard ^a   Evenor, Dalia ^a   Reuveni, Moshe ^a   Ostersetzer Biran, Oren ^a,c  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

CMS; Complex I; Mitochondria; ORF fragments; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

DNA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; MITOCHONDRION; PHENOTYPE; RECOMBINATION; STERILITY; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ARTICLE; CELL RESPIRATION; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRIAL GENE; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; MITOCHONDRION; OPEN READING FRAME; PHENOTYPE; PLANT INFERTILITY; PLANT LEAF; POLLEN; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

CELL RESPIRATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, MITOCHONDRIAL; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; MITOCHONDRIA; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANES; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; OPEN READING FRAMES; PHENOTYPE; PLANT INFERTILITY; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POLLEN; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; TOBACCO;

AGROBACTERIUM; NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 84857352843     PISSN: 16729072     EISSN: 17447909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7909.2012.01099.x     Document Type: Article

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