Silencing of the violaxanthin de-epoxidase gene in the diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum reduces diatoxanthin synthesis and non-photochemical quenching

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Lavaud, Johann ^a,b   Materna, Arne C ^a,c   Sturm, Sabine ^a   Vugrinec, Sascha ^a   Kroth, Peter G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LA ROCHELLE   (France)

^c PACIFIC BIOSCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIADINOXANTHIN DE EPOXIDASE; DIATOXANTHINE; FUNGAL ENZYME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XANTHINE;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHLOROPHYLL FLUORESCENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DDE GENE; DIATOM; EPOXIDATION; GENE; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; INVERTED REPEAT; NONHUMAN; NONPHOTOCHEMICAL QUENCHING; PHAEODACTYLUM TRICORNUTUM; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; VIOLAXANTHIN DE EPOXIDASE GENE; WILD TYPE;

CHLOROPHYLL; DIATOMS; GENE SILENCING; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RNA INTERFERENCE; XANTHOPHYLLS;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; PHAEODACTYLUM TRICORNUTUM;

EID: 84862112886     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0036806     Document Type: Article

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