Induced deactivation of genes encoding chlorophyll biosynthesis enzymes disentangles tetrapyrrole-mediated retrograde signaling

Molecular Plant

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1211-1227

  Schlicke, Hagen ^a   Hartwig, Annabel Salinas ^a   Firtzlaff, Vivien ^a   Richter, Andreas S ^a   Glässer, Christine ^b   Maier, Klaus ^b   Finkemeier, Iris ^c   Grimm, Bernhard ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PLANT BREEDING RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Mg protoporphyrin; plastid signal; retrograde signal; tetrapyrrole metabolism; transcription analysis

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; MAGNESIUM; MESSENGER RNA; PROTOPORPHYRIN; TETRAPYRROLE DERIVATIVE; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ARABIDOPSIS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE; PLANT GENE; RNA INTERFERENCE; SEEDLING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TIME;

ARABIDOPSIS; CELL NUCLEUS; CHLOROPHYLL; GENE SILENCING; GENES, PLANT; MAGNESIUM; PHENOTYPE; PROTOPORPHYRINS; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, MESSENGER; SEEDLING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TETRAPYRROLES; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84904285493     PISSN: 16742052     EISSN: 17529867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mp/ssu034     Document Type: Article

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