Phaseolin expression in tobacco chloroplast reveals an autoregulatory mechanism in heterologous protein translation

Plant Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 603-614

  De Marchis, Francesca ^a   Bellucci, Michele ^a   Pompa, Andrea ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chloroplast transformation; Control by epistasy of synthesis; Negative feedback; Phaseolin; Protein folding; Protein translation

Indexed keywords

PEPTIDE; PHASEOLIN PROTEIN, PHASEOLUS VULGARIS; PLANT PROTEIN;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL MEMBRANE; CHLOROPLAST; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; HOMEOSTASIS; METABOLISM; POLYSOME; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SOLUBILITY; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

CELL MEMBRANE; CHLOROPLASTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; HOMEOSTASIS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PEPTIDES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POLYRIBOSOMES; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; SOLUBILITY; TOBACCO; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

EID: 84930318740     PISSN: 14677644     EISSN: 14677652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pbi.12405     Document Type: Article

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