Misexpression of a chloroplast aspartyl protease leads to severe growth defects and alters carbohydrate metabolism in arabidopsis

Plant Physiology

Volumn 160, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1237-1250

  Paparelli, Eleonora ^a   Gonzali, Silvia ^a   Parlanti, Sandro ^a   Novi, Giacomo ^a   Giorgi, Federico M ^b   Licausi, Francesco ^a   Kosmacz, Monika ^b   Feil, Regina ^b   Lunn, John E ^b   Brust, Henrike ^c   van Dongen, Joost T ^b   Steup, Martin ^c   Perata, Pierdomenico ^a  

^a SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

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EID: 84868322406     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: 15322548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.112.204016     Document Type: Article

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