Agrobacterium-derived cytokinin influences plastid morphology and starch accumulation in Nicotiana benthamiana during transient assays

BMC Plant Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Erickson, Jessica L ^a   Ziegler, Jörg ^b   Guevara, David ^c,d   Abel, Steffen ^b   Klösgen, Ralf B ^a   Mathur, Jaideep ^d   Rothstein, Steven J ^d   Schattat, Martin H ^a,d  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PLANT BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c Pioneer Hi Bred Production Ltd   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium tumefaciens; Bacteria derived; Cytokinin; GV3101(pMP90); LBA4404; Nicotiana benthamiana; Plastid; Stromules; Trans zeatin synthase; Transient assays

Indexed keywords

CYTOKININ; STARCH;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOASSAY; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE VECTOR; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE; PLASTID; PROCEDURES; REPORTER GENE; TOBACCO;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CYTOKININS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, REPORTER; GENETIC VECTORS; PHENOTYPE; PLASTIDS; STARCH; TOBACCO; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

EID: 84902546606     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2229-14-127     Document Type: Article

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